At age 29, he was appointed as mayor of Dushanbe. In 2018, the Tajik Constitution was amended to allow a person as young as 30 to run for president. Now, following claims by a prominent opposition ...

Tajikistan’s national football team made headlines at the ongoing AFC Asian Cup in Qatar by reaching the quarterfinal stage of the tournament. For Tajikistan’s “Lions”, this was their first appearance ...

Rustam Emomali, the son and widely presumed successor to Tajikistan’s incumbent president, this week made his maiden official visit to Russia in his capacity as speaker of the Senate. The trip on ...

DUSHANBE -- The eldest son of Tajik President Emomali Rahmon was named today as the head of Tajikistan's Football Federation, RFE/RL's Tajik Service reports. Rustam Emomali was nominated for the ...

Tajikistan’s president often enthuses about leaving behind a country better than the one he took over 23 years ago. But the impoverished Central Asian nation fares poorly in many studies – from ...

Rustam Emomali, the eldest son of President Emomali Rahmon, was appointed to a senior position within the State Customs Service under the Government of Tajikistan, Asia-Plus reported. The source at ...

DUSHANBE (Reuters) - The eldest son of Tajik President Emomali Rakhmon was elected as speaker in the senate on Friday, cementing the family's grip on power in the Central Asian nation ahead of a ...

Nepotism never went out of style in Central Asia. Analysts with spiderweb charts of familial connections among the well-heeled and powerful will need to update the title of the eldest son of ...

Trade unions on Wednesday nominated Tajikistan's veteran leader Emomali Rakhmon to run for president, indicating that the strongman will seek to extend his nearly three-decade reign at elections in ...

Rahmon, one of the world’s longest-serving leaders, will seek a fifth term as Tajik president, setting rumors of a familial succession aside for now. Tajikistan’s President Emomali Rahmon is ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the interplay between sport, politics & business for Forbes.com Referees prepare for the first game of the Tajikistan ...