Shukurjon Zuhurov

Shukurjon Zukhurovich Zuhurov (; born 16 April 1954) is a Tajik politician who served as Chairman of the Assembly of Representatives of Tajikistan from 2010 to 2020. Zuhurov initially graduated from the Moscow State University of Land Management in 1976, before working with the Komsomol and the Komsomolabat District. After the fall of the Soviet Union, he became Minister of Labor and headed the first two rounds of the Inter-Tajik Dialogue during the Tajikistani Civil War.

Early life

Zuhurov was born on 16 April 1954 in the Kirovobod District, which was then part of the Tajikistan SSR in the Soviet Union. He was bron into a Gharmi family. Zuhurov graduated from the Moscow State University of Land Management in 1976 with a specialization as a land management engineer. He was part of the early delegations in March 1994 in Moscow, according to Nezavisimaya Gazeta as the head of the permanent government delegation. He did not head the other rounds, and instead became a deputy of the Supreme Assembly until 2000. He was re-elected to this post in March 2015, before resigning in 2020. Due to clashes over the Kyrgyzstan–Tajikistan border, Zuhurov met with representatives of Kyrgyzstan's parliament in 2019. He also stated that the country needed to remain a loyal ally of Russia, and accused outside forces and biased media outlets of twisting the relationship. During his time, however, the house slowly grew weaker, with some analysts saying the body had no impact.