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Yaqub Salimov (Tajik: Яъқуб Салимов, Persian: یعقوب سلیموف, Russian: Якуб Салимов) served as Minister of the Interior of Tajikistan from December 1993 to 1995.

Career

Salimov, described as a 'mafia' figure by Olivier Roy, was allegedly involved in smuggling and racketeering during the Soviet era. In 1990, Yaqub Salimov was convicted for taking part in the Dushanbe riots. When the Tajikistani Civil War broke out, Salimov was released from prison, and became a leader of Popular Front of Tajikistan, a paramilitary group fighting on the government side. Salimov became a leader of the Kulabi faction, because his mafia was simply the expression of Kulabi solidarity networks, with access to arms and money, according to Olivier Roy.

He was appointed Minister of Internal Affairs of Tajikistan in December 1993. In 1995 he was relieved of this post and was made Ambassador to Turkey. In 1997, he was charged with attempting a coup d'etat. Afterwards, he fled from Tajikistan but was arrested in Moscow in 2003 and extradited to Tajikistan. On April 25, 2005, he received 15 years in prison sentence. Yaqub Salimov was released on June 21, 2016.

References

  1. ^ Olivier Roy (October 2007). The New Central Asia: Geopolitics and the Birth of Nations. NYU Press. pp. 100–. ISBN 978-0-8147-7609-4.
  2. ^ ГАФАРЛЫ, МЕХМАН (2004-02-25). На родину в наручниках Россия экстрадировала в Душанбе бывшего главу МВД Таджикистана Якуба Салимова (in Russian). Novye Izvestiya. Archived from the original on 2010-03-13. Retrieved 2008-10-23.
  3. ^ Pannier, Bruce (8 April 2008). "Tajikistan: Opposition Leader Brought Home to Face Charges, Ex-Interior Minister Imprisoned for 15 Years". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
  4. "Yakub Salimov has been operated in Moscow | Tajikistan News ASIA-Plus". Retrieved 2017-09-13.


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