2017 in Tajikistan explained

Events in the year 2017 in Tajikistan.

Incumbents

• President

Emomali Rahmon

• Prime Minister

Kokhir Rasulzoda

Events

Sport

• 19-26 February – Tajikistan had four competitors at the 2017 Asian Winter Games, all in Alpine skiing.

Deaths

• 1 May – Yuri Lobanov, sprint canoeist, Olympic champion 1972 and several times world champion (b. 1952).^[1]
• 7 July – Georgy Koshlakov, politician and scientist (b. 1936).^[2]
• December 28 – Mariam Nabieva, First Lady of Tajikistan (1991–1992)

Notes and References

1. Web site: https://www.sport-express.ru/oar/kayak-canoe/news/skonchalsya-pobeditel-igr-1972-yuriy-lobanov-1250692/. ru:СКОНЧАЛСЯ ПОБЕДИТЕЛЬ ИГР-1972 ЮРИЙ ЛОБАНОВ. 2 May 2017. Sport-Express. ru. 10 May 2017.
2. http://news.tj/ru/news/tajikistan/society/20170708/v-dushanbe-skonchalsya-uchenii-georgii-koshlakov Скончался известный таджикский ученый Георгий Кошлаков