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Ubaid Rajab
See Ubayd Rajabov.
Ubaydullaev, Mahmadsaid
Tajik politician Mahmadsaid Ubaydullaev was born in the Farkhor
district of Khatlan on February 1, 1952. He completed his early studies
in the public schools of the region.
Ubaidullaev graduated as an electrical engineer from the Tajikistan
Polytechinical School in 1970, and from the Kharkov Polytechnical In-
stitute in 1974. In 1975, he was the Head engineer of the Division of the
Statistic Center of Kulab. In 1976, he was the Head engineer of the Sta-
tistics Center for Kulab. From 1976 to1979, he was the Head of the
Statistics Center for Kulab. Between 1980 and 1983, Ubaydullaev was
the Director of the Organization of the Kulab Party Committee. Be-
tween 1983 and 1988, he attended the Advanced Party Institute in
Tashkent with a degree in politics. Upon returning to Tajikistan, he was
employed by the Provincial Statistics Agency of Kulab. Soon after that,
he became involved in the activities of the Communist Party of the
Republic.
In 1985 and 1986, Ubaidullaev was the Deputy Director of the Cen-
ter for Statistics of the Republic. From 1986 and 1988, he was the Di-
rector of the Industry and Transportation Division of the Regional
Committee. Between 1988 and 1990, he was the Director of the Re-
gional Statistics Center. From 1990 until 1992, he was the Deputy Di-
rector of the Soviet Executive Committee of the Kulab Representatives
In 1992 until 1994, he was the Deputy Director of the Cabinet of Min-
isters of Tajikistan . In December 1995, he was promoted to the position
of first Vice-Premier of the Republic. From 1996 to the present, he has
been the Mayor of Dushanbe. From 2000 to the present, he has been the
Head of the National Assembly of the Congress (Majlisi Oli) of Tajiki-
stan.

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Ubaydullaev has garnered the Order of Dusti (Friendship) Prize

(1998), the Order of Ismoili Somoni (1999), and the Leading World
Figures in the 21
st
Century Award.