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Prominent Tajik Figures of the Twentieth Century

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Karimov, Jamshid

Tajik economist Jamshid Hilolovich Karimov is the son of Hilol
Karimov. He was born in Dushanbe on August 4, 1940. He joined the
CPSU in 1965.
Karimov graduated from the Moscow Light-Industry Technological
Institute in 1962. From 1962 to 1964, he was a Lecturer at the Depart-
ment of Industrial Economics; for the next two years, he was the proba-
tionary economist for the Central Economics-Mathematics Institute of
the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union. From 1965 to 1968, he
was a post-graduate student at the same institute. Between 1969 and
1972, he was the Head of the Optimal Planning Division of the Eco-
nomics Institute of the Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan. From 1972
to 1977, he was the Acting Director of Scientific Reports at the Institute
of Economics and Mathematics. He received his doctorate degree in
economics in 1975. In 1978, Karimov became the Director of the same
institute.
Karimov's research deals with the mathematical and the comparative
methods of accounting in economics. He is also active in planning and
social organization. Between 1989 and 1991, he was the Chairman of
the Cabinet of Ministers of Tajikistan. In 1992 and 1993, he was First
Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Tajikistan, as well as the
Ambassador of the Republic to Moscow. He served as the Head of the
Inter-Regional Trade Union in 1993, then as Ambassador to the CIS
Coordinating and Consultants Committee in 1994. He was advisor on
economic policy for the Office of the President and Prime Minister of
Tajikistan between 1994 and 1996. His contributions include, Metodi-
cheskie osnovi razrabotki i vnedrenia ASPR Gosplana soiuznoi respub-
liki (Basic Foundation for the Operation of the ASPR in the Union Re-
public's Governmental Plan, 1971) and Ispol'zovanie sistem setevogo
planirovania i upravlenia na promishlennikh predpriatiakh (The Sys-
tematic Employment of Planned Administration in Industrial Plants,
1972).
Karimov is the recipient of the Order of Lenin, the Badge of Honor,
and other awards.

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