MONOV (since 6 November 1994;
was Head of State and Assembly Chairman since NA November 1992);
election last held 6 November 1994 (next to be held NA 1998); results
- Emomili RAKHMONOV 58%, Abdumalik ABDULLAJANOV 40%
head of government: Prime Minister Jamshed KARIMOV (since 2 December
1994)
cabinet: Council of Ministers

Legislative branch: unicameral
Supreme Soviet: elections last held 26 February 1994 (next to be held
NA); results - percent of vote by party NA; estimated seats - (181
total) Communist Party and affiliates 100, Popular Party 10, Party of
Political and Economic Progress 1, Party of Popular Unity 6, other 64

Judicial branch: Prosecutor General

Political parties and leaders: Communist Party (People's Party of
Tajikistan - PPT), Abdumalik ABDULAJANOV; Party of Economic Freedom
(PEF), Abdumalik ABDULAJANOV; Tajik Socialist Party (TSP), Shodi
SHABDOLOV; Tajik Democratic Party (TDP), Abdu-Nabi SATARZADE,
chairman; note - suspended for six months; Islamic Renaissance Party
(IRP), Sayed Abdullo NURI, chairman; Rebirth (Rastokhez), Takhir
ABDUZHABOROV; Lali Badakhshan Society, Atobek AMIRBEK; People's
Democratic Party (PDP), Abdujalil HAMIDOV, chairman; Tajikistan Party
of Economic and Political Renewal (TPEPR), Mukhtor BOBOYEV
note: all the above-listed parties except the Communist Party, the
Party of National Unity, and the People's Party were banned in June
1993

Other political or pressure groups: Tajikistan Opposition Movement
based in northern Afghanistan

Member of: CIS, EBRD, ECO, ESCAP, IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IDB, IFAD, ILO,
IMF, INTELSAT (nonsignatory user), IOC, IOM (observer), ITU, NACC,
OIC, OSCE, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO

Diplomatic representation in US:
chief of mission: NA
chancery: NA
telephone: NA

US diplomatic representation:
chief of mission: Ambassador Stanley T. ESCUDERO
embassy: Interim Chancery, #39 Ainii Street, Oktyabrskaya Hotel,
Dushanbe
mailing address: use embassy street address
telephone: [7] (3772) 21-03-56

Flag: three horizontal stripes of red (top), a wider stripe of white,
and green; a crown surmounted by seven five-pointed stars is located
in the center of the white stripe

@Tajikistan:Economy

Overview: Tajikistan had the next-to-lowest per capita GDP in the
former USSR, the highest rate of population growth, and an extremely
low standard of living. Agriculture dominates the economy, cotton
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