Yodgor Fayzov
Yodgor Doyorovich Fayzov (born 1961[1]) is the governor of Tajikistan's southeastern Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAR).[2] Prior to that he was head of the Aga Khan Foundation office in Tajikistan. Fayzov replaced Shodikhon Jamshed as governor on 1 October 2018, by executive order of Tajik President Emomali Rahmon following civil unrest in the region.[3][4]
Fayzov was born to Pamiri parents in the village of Porshinev, Shughnon District in 1961. He went to the Agricultural University of Tajikistan in Dushanbe where he joined the Komsomol and graduated in 1984.[3] For two years he worked as an agricultural specialist for the GBAR regional Department of Agriculture in Khorugh. Beginning in 1984 he served in various capacities in Komsomol, both at the city and regional levels, being First Secretary of the Komsomol of the GBAR by 1993. In 1993 Fayzov went to work for the Aga Khan Foundation where he stayed for twenty-six years rising, in 2004, to the head of mission in Tajikistan.[3]
Despite, or because of Fayzov's identification with the Badakhshani people,[5] in October 2018 President Emomali Rahmon appointed him as governor of Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region. Since Fayzov became governor of the region, the civil unrest has quieted down.[3]
Notes and references
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- ^ Pannier, Bruce (9 October 2018). "Tajikistan's Unconquerable Gorno-Badakhshan Region". Radio Free Europe. Archived from the original on 9 October 2018.
- ^ a b c d "Yodgor Faizov: The Greatest Wealth of GBAO Is Its People". Central Asian Bureau for Analytical Reporting (CABAR). 12 September 2019. Archived from the original on 15 December 2019.
- ^ "Tajikistan: Rally in Pamirs ups the ante in confrontation with government". Eurasianet. 6 November 2018. Archived from the original on 7 November 2018.
An alternative reading is that the Pamirs are the final region in Tajikistan to have contrived to defy total submission to central authorities. What is more, the region's informal leaders, whom Rahmon has placed in his sights, are widely reputed to be heavily engaged in smuggling activities and it is believed they may be raking in profits without sharing their income with their government interlocutors.
- ^ Kucera, Joshua (31 August 2013). "The Aga Khan's tightrope walk in Tajikistan". Al Jazeera. Archived from the original on 2 September 2013.