Nuridin Mukhitdinov

Nuritdin Akramovich Mukhitdinov (, ; – 27 August 2008) was a Soviet politician. Between 1957 and 1961 he was a member of the Presidium of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, significantly contributing to its relations with the Soviet republics and foreign countries in Asia. He was also the Soviet ambassador to Syria between 1968 and 1977. He opposed the attempted demotion of Nikita Khrushchev in 1957, and in return, Khrushchev recommended him to the Presidium, where he was the Secretary responsible for Central Asia. However, by the end of the 1950s, Mukhitdinov developed strong disagreements on planning policies with leading party members such as Mikhail Suslov, Anastas Mikoyan, Frol Kozlov, and later with Khrushchev himself. For example, Mukhitdinov opposed the proposal by Khrushchev to remove the remains of Stalin from the Mausoleum. As a consequence, in 1961 he was demoted from the Presidium and was on the verge of expulsion from the Central Committee, and only his popularity in the native Uzbekistan spared his Party career. He retained his international activities and in 1968-1977 served as the ambassador to Syria, eventually receiving the Order of Friendship of Peoples. After retirement in 1985 he returned to native Tashkent, where he worked as a government adviser, wrote several books, and died in 2008. and 11 January 1957)

Order of the October Revolution (4 December 1987)

Order of the Patriotic War 2nd class (11 March 1985)

Order of the Red Banner of Labor (22 October 1971)

Order of Friendship of Peoples (11 March 1974)

Order of the Badge of Honor (5 November 1965)