P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Ghoibov, Abdullo
Tajik physician Abdullo Ghoibovich Ghoibov was born in the dis-
trict of Ghonchi in Leninabad on January 10, 1922. He contributed to
the victory in the Great War. He joined the CPSU in 1976.
Ghoibov graduated from the Tajikistan State Medical Institute in
1951, and until 1953, was a medical expert at the court of Uroteppa. He
was an intern from 1953 to 1956; a post-graduate student from 1957 to
1960; and a Lecturer from 1961 to 1967. Between 1967 and 1970, he
was Associate Professor of the Department of Medical Law at the Taji-

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kistan State Medical Institute. In 1973, he became the Director of the

same institute.
Ghoibov is one of the founders of the School for Medical Law Ex-
perts. He received his doctorate degree in 1976 and became a professor
in 1977. In 1977, he became the Chief Expert for the Ministry of Health
of the Republic. Between 1978 and 1982, he served as a member of the
Problems Committee at the Presidium of the Soviet Union, and of the
Presidium of the Association of Medical Lawyers.
He is the recipient of the Honorary Order of the Presidium of the
Supreme Soviet of Tajikistan.
Ghoibov, Mahmad
Tajik poet Mahmad Murodalievich Ghoibov, also referred to as
Muhammad Ghoib, was born into a farming family in the village of
Alijon in Danghara, Kulab, on March 16, 1954. He joined the CPSU in
1984.
Ghoibov graduated from the Kulab State Institute with a degree in
Mathematics and Physics in 1977. He was a reporter as well as an in-
vestigator for the Kulab Radio and Television Committee.
Ghoibov's first poems were published in Kulab newspapers in 1972.
The themes of his works are centered on the Tajik rustic scene and ethi-
cal predicaments of the rural people. He joined the Union of Writers of
Tajikistan in 1982. His contributions include "Rohi Diha" ("The Road
to the Village," 1981), "Ruzhoi Boroni" ("Rainy Days," 1985),
"Mihrgioh" ("Love Potion," 1986), and "Khirmani Moh" ("Harvest
Moon," 1989).
Ghoibov joined the Union of Writers of the Soviet Union in 1982.