Abdulmajid Dostiev

Abdulmajid Salimovich Dostiev (; born 10 May 1946) is a Tajikistani politician and diplomat.

Early life

Born in Bokhtar District in 1946, Dostiev served in the Soviet Army from 1966 until 1968 before pursuing a career in agriculture. Dostiev worked on a kolkhoz (communal farm) and went on to study entomology at the Agricultural University of Tajikistan, graduating in 1974.

In 1995 he was elected to the Supreme Assembly (Majlisi Oli), and in 1996 he was appointed deputy chair of the assembly, a position he held for four years.

Post-diplomatic career In 2021, he proposed to rename Iskanderkul to Kuli Rahmon or Rakhmonkul, after President Emomali Rahmon, in order for "the name of the aggressor and villain, Alexander the Great, will disappear from the map of our beloved homeland".

Personal life He speaks Tajik, Russian, and Uzbek. He is married with five children and grandchildren.

Awards and titles

Medal "For Distinguished Labour" (1981) Honored Worker of Science and Technology of Tajikistan Order of Ismoili Somoni Order of Dousti Order of the Commonwealth