The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan is a government ministry of Tajikistan. It is the central executive authority exercising state administration in the sphere of relations of the Republic of Tajikistan with foreign countries and international organizations. It carries out its activities in cooperation with other central executive bodies, local government bodies, legal entities. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan has the status of a legal entity, its own seal, stamps, and bank accounts. The current Minister is Sirojiddin Muhriddin.
Lineage Over 65 years, the name of the foreign ministry of Tajikistan has changed 5 times:
People's Commissariat of Foreign Affairs of the Tajik SSR (1944-1946) Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Tajik SSR (1946-1991) Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan (1991-1992) Ministry of External Relations of the Republic of Tajikistan (1992) Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan (since 1992)
History On February 1, 1944, the Supreme Soviet of the USSR adopted a law granting the union republics powers in the field of foreign relations, which provided for the right of each union republic to enter into direct relations with foreign states. On May 12, 1944, the VII session of the Supreme Soviet of the Tajik SSR adopted the Law "On the formation of the Union-Republican People's Commissariat of Foreign Affairs of the Tajik SSR." By July, Ali Akhmedov was appointed People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs of the Tajik SSR, who worked in this post until 1946. On March 15, 1946, the People's Commissariat of Foreign Affairs of the USSR was transformed into the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the USSR. On March 27 of the same year, by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Tajik SSR, the people's commissariats of the republic were transformed into the corresponding ministries and, accordingly, the People's Commissariat of Foreign Affairs of the Tajik SSR into the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Tajik SSR. On January 10, 1992, at the session of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Tajikistan, a new structure of the Government of the Republic was approved. Instead of the former Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of External Relations was created, which was also given the functions of the Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations. On July 20, 1992, President Rahmon Nabiyev issued a decree “On improving the structure of the bodies for managing foreign relations of the Republic of Tajikistan”, and on August 27, of that year, pursuant to the decree, the Cabinet of Ministers of adopted a resolution on the issues of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, approving the structure of the central office of the ministry.
Structure Source:
Leadership Minister - Sirojiddin Muhriddin First Deputy Minister - Khusrav Nоziri Deputy Minister - Muzaffar Huseynzoda Group of Ambassadors-at-large Main Consular Department Personnel Department Department of European and American Countries Department of Middle East and African Countries Department of Asia-Pacific Countries CIS Department Department of Strategic Studies Department of International Organization Department of External Economic Cooperation Legal Department State Protocol Department Department of Information and Press Department of General Information and Diplomatic Communication Finance Department Administrative Department National Commission for UNESCO Border and Territorial Unit Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Unit Information Technologies Unit Translation Unit Construction Unit Tojikdipservice Representative Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Sughd Region
List of ministers
Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic (1944–1991)
No. Name Took office Left office Concurrent post(s) 1 Ali Akhmedov 1944 1946 People's Commissar (Narkom) of Foreign Affairs 2 Jabbor Rasulov 22 July 1946 March 1955 Chairman of the Council of Ministers 3 Tursun Uljabayev 29 March 1955 25 May 1956 Chairman of the Council of Ministers 4 Nazarsho Dodkhudoyev 25 May 1956 12 April 1961 Chairman of the Council of Ministers 5 Abdulakhad Kakharov 13 April 1961 20 July 1973 Chairman of the Council of Ministers 6 Rahmon Nabiyev 20 July 1973 1982 Chairman of the Council of Ministers 7 Rustambek Yusufbekov 1982 30 May 1984 Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers 8 Usman Usmanov 30 May 1984 7 November 1989 Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers
Republic of Tajikistan (1991–present)
No. Name Took office Left office Notes 8 Lakim Kayumov 7 November 1989 10 January 1992 Last Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Tajik SSRServed as Minister of External Relations of independent Tajikistan from 10 January to 11 May 1992 9 Lakim Kayumov 10 January 1992 11 May 1992 First Minister of External Relations of independent Tajikistan 10 Khudoberdy Kholiknazarov 11 May 1992 November 1992 11 Rashid Alimov November 1992 December 1994 12 Talbak Nazarov December 1994 1 December 2006 13 Hamrokhon Zarifi 1 December 2006 29 November 2013 14 Sirojiddin Muhriddin 29 November 2013 Incumbent
See also Politics of Tajikistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Foreign relations of Tajikistan
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