Davlat Usmon

Davlat Usmon is a Tajik politician.

Career

Usmon was a founding member of the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan in 1991, and one of its first deputy chairmen.^[1]

Usmon was a field commander for the United Tajik Opposition during the Tajikistan Civil War of the 1990s. A former Economics Minister, he was the Islamic Renaissance Party's candidate in the 1999 presidential election. He lost the election to incumbent president, Emomalii Rahmon, gaining only 2.1% of the vote amidst criticism that the election was not free and fair.^[2]

References

1. ^ Naumkin, Vitaliĭ Vi︠a︡cheslavovich (2005). Radical Islam in Central Asia: between pen and rifle. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 58. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=5vwxP3gPUkMC&pg=PA58&lpg=PA58&dq=%22Davlat+Usmon%22&source=bl&ots=ABfmVuSEkh&sig=lk7KJuJ6hiqtt6wMvewCcXoLQdo&hl=en&ei=3u2STY7qO8a1hAfWtOSGDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9&ved=0CEgQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=%22Davlat%20Usmon%22&f=false. 
2. ^ "Tajik election victory is challenged". BBC News. 7 November 1999. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/508317.stm. 

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