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Huvaidulloev, Nurullo
Tajik jurist Nurullo Huvaidulloev was born in the village of Ponghuz
of Asht in northern Tajikistan in 1940. After finishing high school, he
entered the Department of Law of Tajikistan State University. After

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finishing law school, he began working at the office of the Attorney

General of Tajikistan. From 1966 to 1970, he was a member of Tajiki-
stan's High Court, and from 1970 to 1974, he was the Head of the Pub-
lic Court of the Central Region including Dushanbe. Thereafter, he be-
came the Chief Supervisor of Judicial Affairs of the Cabinet of Minis-
ters of Tajikistan.
In 1980, Huvaidulloev became a post-graduate student in the Faculty
of Law of the Academy of Public Sciences at the Central Committee of
the Communist Party, and in 1983, defended his thesis. From 1983 to
1986, he was the Acting Director of the Enforcement Division of the
Central Committee of the Communist Party. In 1989, he became the
Head of the Enforcement Division of the Central Committee of the
Communist Party of Tajikistan.
In 1990, the Supreme Soviet of Tajikistan appointed Nurullo
Huvaidulloev as the People's Representative and the Head of the Con-
sultative Committee of the Republic dealing with legislation and all af-
fairs related to law. In 1991, he became the Attorney General of the Re-
public of Tajikistan. In 1992, he became the Director of the Commis-
sion on State Exams for the Faculty of Law of the Tajikistan State Uni-
versity.
A most respected member of the Tajik judiciary system,
Huvaidulloev was known for his arrest and imprisonment of the Mayor
of Dushanbe, Maqsud Ikromov. His contention was that Ikromov had
embezzled national funds and had assisted his friends in using public
property illegally.
Huvaidulloev's reputation, in spite of the difficulties that the Repub-
lic and its people were subjected to, was impeccable. Nevertheless,
President Rahmon Nabiev dismissed him from office because he op-
posed the formation of the National Assembly and the creation of a
coalition government.
For his untiring efforts against the rise of crime in difficult circum-
stances, and for his willingness to give his all, Huvaidulloev received
many People's and State awards.
His boldness and contending with the Dushanbe Mafia brought his
life to an end when he and his driver were gunned down in Dushanbe on
August 24, 1992.

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