Davlat Usmon Explained

Otherparty:	United Tajik Opposition
Davlat Usmon

Davlat Usmon (Tajik: Давлат Усмон) is a Tajikistani politician.

Career

Usmon was a founding member of the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan in 1991, and one of its first deputy chairmen.^[1]

Usmon was a field commander for the United Tajik Opposition during the Tajikistan Civil War of the 1990s. A former Economics Minister, he was the Islamic Renaissance Party's candidate in the 1991 and 1999 presidential elections. He lost the election to incumbent president, Emomali Rahmon, gaining only 2.1% of the vote amidst criticism that the election was not free and fair.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Book: Naumkin, Vitaliĭ Vi︠a︡cheslavovich. Radical Islam in Central Asia: between pen and rifle. registration. Davlat Usmon.. 2005. Rowman & Littlefield. 58.
2. News: Tajik election victory is challenged. BBC News. 7 November 1999.