Rafiq Nishonov

Rafiq Nishonovich Nishonov (Cyrillic Uzbek: Рафиқ Нишонович Нишонов; Russian: Рафик Нишанович Нишанов Rafik Nishanovich Nishanov) (born 15 January 1926) served as the twelfth First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Uzbek SSR.[1]

Rafiq Nishonov
Рафик Нишанов
12th First Secretary of the Communist Party of Uzbek SSR
In office
12 January 1988 – 23 June 1989
Preceded byInomjon Usmonxo‘jayev
Succeeded byIslam Karimov
Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Uzbek SSR
In office
9 December 1986 – 9 April 1988
Preceded byAkil Salimov
Succeeded byPulat Khabibullaev
Personal details
Born (1926-01-15) 15 January 1926
Gazalkent, Soviet Union
(now Uzbekistan)
Political partyCommunist Party (1954–1989)

Nishonov held this position for 17 months, from 12 January 1988 to 23 June 1989. His replacement was Islam Karimov.[2] Prior to that, he also served as the Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Uzbek SSR between 1986 and 1988. He was also Chairman of the Soviet of Nationalities from 1989 to 1991.[3]

In 1970-78, he served as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Sri Lanka and the Maldives. Sergei Lavrov, who has since 2004 served as the Foreign Minister of Russia, served as his Sinhala interpreter.[4]

Like many other leaders in the Uzbek SSR, he strongly opposed allowing Crimean Tatar right of return and rebuked Crimean Tatars for wanting to return to Crimea, even saying that Crimean Tatars who want to leave the Uzbek SSR should find "their place" in faraway Kazan.[5]

References
  1. Dagikhudo Dagiev (30 October 2013). Regime Transition in Central Asia: Stateness, Nationalism and Political Change in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Routledge. p. 29. ISBN 978-1-134-60069-4.
  2. Eric McGlinchey (30 September 2011). Chaos, Violence, Dynasty: Politics and Islam in Central Asia. University of Pittsburgh Pre. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-8229-7747-6.
  3. "СОЮЗ СОВЕТСКИХ СОЦИАЛИСТИЧЕСКИХ РЕСПУБЛИК". September 28, 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-09-28.
  4. Илья Канавин. Искушенный политик, вести недели, 16.01.2011
  5. Национальный вопрос в СССР: сборник документов (in Russian). Suchasnistʹ. 1975.
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