P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Sayfulloev, Negmatullo
Tajik philosopher Negmatullo Mirzoevich Sayfulloev was born on
April 20, 1942, in the village of Mulloaloi of Tashkent. He received his
early education in the Tashkent region.
Sayfulloev entered the Leninabad Faculty of Physics and Mathe-
matics in 1959 and completed his degree in 1964. From 1964 to 1969,
he was a professor at the Mechanics and Mathematics Division of Taji-
kistan State University. In 1969 he became a post-graduate student at
Moscow University. Saifulloev graduated from Moscow University in

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1972. Between 1973 and 1989, he was an Assistant Professor at the

Philosophy Department of the Tajikistan National University.
Between 1980 and 1992, he served as a leading member of the De-
partment of Philosophy and Law at the Academy of Sciences of Tajiki-
stan. Sayfulloev submitted his thesis in 1973 and, in 1992, defended his
dissertation and became a Doctor of Philosophy.
After 1992, he became a Professor of Philosophy at the Tajikistan Na-
tional University and, after 1997, a Professor of Philosophy and Politics
at the Tajikistan Slavonic University.
Sayfulloev's contributions include, Tahlili Mantiqii Mafhumi Miqdor
(A Logical Analysis of the Meaning of Quantity, Dushanbe, 1989);
Mantiq (Logic, Dushanbe, 1990); and Mantiqi Ibn Sina dar Muqoisa bo
Mantiqi Arastu va Ravokien ( A Comparative Study of the Logic of Ibn
Sina and the Logic of Aristotle and Ravokien, Dushanbe, 1991).
Sayfulloev has traveled extensively in Europe, the former republics
of the Soviet Union, and India, and has received a number of medals
and awards.
Shabdolov, Shodi
Tajik politician Shodi Shabdolov was born in Khorugh, Badakhshan,
in 1943.
Shabdolov graduated from the Tajik Polytechnical Institute in 1965.
Thereafter, he joined the Communist Party and was promoted among
the Badakhshani cadres to the Central Committee of the region.
Shabdolov moved to Dushanbe, and in September 1991, became the
Head of the Communist Party of Tajikistan. In June 1996, he was recon-
firmed in the same position. Shabdolov has been Tajikistan's Commu-
nist Party leader during the Republic's tough days; he continues to keep
the Communist ranks in place. He has kept his seat in the Parliament in
spite of the difficulties that the Party has experienced. Elected in 1990,
he was reelected in 1995, and again in 2000.
Shahidi, Tolib
Tajik composer, Tolib Shahidi, also referred to as Tolibkhon, was
born March 13, 1946, in Dushanbe. His father, Ziyodullo Shahidi, was
the founder
of twentieth
century
Tajik
music.
He
joined
the
CPSU in
1983.

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