Name Davlat Usmon | Role Politician | |
Davlat Usmon is a Tajik politician.
Career
Usmon was a founding member of the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan in 1991, and one of its first deputy chairmen.
Usmon was a field commander for the United Tajik Opposition during the Tajikistan Civil War of the 1990s. A former Economics Minister, he was the Islamic Renaissance Party's candidate in the 1991 and 1999 presidential elections. He lost the election to incumbent president, Emomalii Rahmon, gaining only 2.1% of the vote amidst criticism that the election was not free and fair.
References
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