conventional long form: Republic of Tajikistan
conventional short form: Tajikistan
local long form: Jumhurii Tojikiston
local short form: none
former: Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic

TI

republic

Dushanbe

2 oblasts (viloyatho, singular - viloyat)
and one autonomous oblast* (viloyati mukhtori); Viloyati Mukhtori
Kuhistoni Badakhshoni* (Khorugh - formerly Khorog), Viloyati Khatlon
(Qurghonteppa - formerly Kurgan-Tyube), Viloyati Leninobod (Khujand -
formerly Leninabad)
note: the administrative center name follows in parentheses

9 September 1991 (from Soviet Union)

National Day, 9 September (1991)

6 November 1994

based on civil law system; no judicial review of
legislative acts

18 years of age; universal

chief of state: President Emomali RAHMONOV (since 6 November 1994;
head of state and Supreme Assembly chairman since 19 November 1992)
head of government: Prime Minister Ogil OQILOV (since 20 January 1999)
cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the president, approved by
the Supreme Assembly
elections: president elected by popular vote for a seven-year term;
election last held 6 November 1999 (next to be held NA 2006); prime
minister appointed by the president
election results: Emomali RAHMONOV elected president; percent of vote
- Emomali RAHMONOV 96%, Davlat USMONOV 4%

bicameral Supreme Assembly or Majlisi Oli (181
seats; next election 96 seats; members are elected by popular vote to
serve five-year terms)
elections: last held 26 February and 12 March 1995 (next to be held 27
February and 23 March 2000)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA; estimated seats by
party - Communist Party and affiliates 100, People's Party 10, Party
of People's Unity 6, Party of Economic and Political Renewal 1, other
64

Supreme Court, judges are appointed by the president

Democratic Party or TDP [Mahmadruzi
ISKANDDAROV, chairman]; Islamic Rebirth Party [Muhammadsharif
HIMMAT-ZODA, chairman]; Lali Badakhshan Movement ;
National Unity Party - evolved from the People's Party and Party of
People's Unity; Party of Justice and Development ;
People's Democratic Party of Tajikistan or PDPT ;
Rastokhez (Rebirth) Movement ; Tajik Communist
Party or CPT ; Tajikistan Party of Economic and
Political Renewal or TPEPR ; United Tajik Opposition or UTO
- an umbrella group including; Adolatho "Justice"
Party

AsDB, CCC, CIS, EAPC, EBRD,
ECE, ECO, ESCAP, FAO, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS,
ILO, IMF, Intelsat, IOC, IOM, ITU, OIC, OPCW, OSCE, UN, UNCTAD,
UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTrO (observer)

Tajikistan does not have an
embassy in the US, but does have a permanent mission to the UN:
address - 136 East 67th Street, New York, NY 10021, telephone - 
(212) 472-7645, FAX -  (212) 628-0252; permanent representative to
the UN is Rashid ALIMOV

chief of mission: Ambassador Robert FINN
embassy: temporarily collocated with the US Embassy in Almaty
(Kazakhstan)
mailing address: use embassy street address
telephone: NA
FAX: NA

three horizontal stripes of red (top), a wider
stripe of white, and green; a gold crown surmounted by seven gold,
five-pointed stars is located in the center of the white stripe