Rafiq Nishonov
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Rafiq Nishonov Рафик Нишанов | |
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12th First Secretary of the Communist Party of Uzbek SSR | |
In office 12 January 1988 – 23 June 1989 | |
Preceded by | Inomjon Usmonxoʻjayev |
Succeeded by | Islam Karimov |
Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Uzbek SSR | |
In office 9 December 1986 – 9 April 1988 | |
Preceded by | Akil Salimov |
Succeeded by | Pulat Khabibullaev |
Personal details | |
Born | Gʻazalkent, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union (now Uzbekistan) | 15 January 1926
Died | 11 January 2023 Geneva, Switzerland | (aged 96)
Political party | CPSU (1949–1991) |
Rafiq Nishonovich Nishonov (Cyrillic Uzbek: Рафиқ Нишонович Нишонов; Russian: Рафик Нишанович Нишанов Rafik Nishanovich Nishanov; 15 January 1926 – 11 January 2023) was the thirteenth First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Uzbek SSR.
Life and career
Nishonov held this position for 17 months, from 12 January 1988 to 23 June 1989. His replacement was Islam Karimov. Prior to that, he also served as the Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Uzbek SSR between 1986 and 1988. He was also Chairman of the Soviet of Nationalities from 1989 to 1991.
From 1970 to 1978, he served as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Sri Lanka and the Maldives. Sergey Lavrov, who has since 2004 served as the Foreign Minister of Russia, served as his Sinhala interpreter.
Like many other leaders in the Uzbek SSR, he strongly opposed allowing Crimean Tatars the right of return and rebuked them for wanting to return to Crimea, even saying that Crimean Tatars who want to leave the Uzbek SSR should find "their place" in faraway Kazan.
Nishonov died on 11 January 2023, 4 days before his 97th birthday.
- 1926 births
- 2023 deaths
- People from Tashkent Region
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Soviet Union)
- Ambassadors of the Soviet Union to Jordan
- Ambassadors to the Maldives
- Ambassadors to Sri Lanka
- Chairmen of the Soviet of Nationalities
- Communist Party of the Soviet Union members
- Communist Party of Uzbekistan politicians
- First Secretaries of the Communist Party of Uzbekistan
- Foreign Ministers of Uzbekistan
- Heads of state of Uzbekistan
- Party leaders of the Soviet Union
- Members of the Central Committee of the 22nd Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- Seventh convocation members of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union
- Eleventh convocation members of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union
- Recipients of the Order of Alexander Nevsky
- Recipients of the Order of the Badge of Honour
- Recipients of the Order of Honour (Russia)
- Recipients of the Order of Lenin
- Recipients of the Order of the October Revolution
- Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour
- Soviet diplomats
- Uzbekistani people stubs
- Central Asian politician stubs