Government & politics — Tajikistan

• history: several previous;
• latest adopted 6 November 1994 amendments: proposed by the president of the republic or by at least one third of the total membership of both houses of the Supreme Assembly; adoption of any amendment requires a referendum, which includes approval of the president or approval by at least two-thirds majority of the Assembly of Representatives; passage in a referendum requires participation of an absolute majority of eligible voters and an absolute majority of votes; constitutional articles, including Tajikistan’s form of government, its territory, and its democratic nature, cannot be amended; amended 1999, 2003, 2016

• chief of state: President Emomali RAHMON (since 6 November 1994; head of state and Supreme
• Assembly Chairman since 19 November 1992) head of government: Pr
• ime Minister Qohir RASULZODA (since 23 November 2013) cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the president,
• approved by the Supreme Assembly elections/appointments: president directly elected by simple majority popular vote for a 7-year term (two-term limit); however, as the "Leader of the Nation" President RAHMON can run an unlimited number of times; election last held on 11 October 2020 (next to be held in 2027);
• prime minister appointed by the president election results: 2020: Emomali RAHMON reelected president; percent of vote - Emomali RAHMON (PDPT) 92.1%, Rustam LATIFZODA (APT) 3.1%, and other 4.8% 2013: Emomali RAHMOND reelected president; percent of vote - Emomali RAHMOND (PDPT) 84%, Ismoil TALBAKOV CPT) 5%, other 11%

Description

bicameral Supreme Assembly or Majlisi Oli consists of: National Assembly or Majlisi Milli (34 seats; 25 members indirectly elected by local representative assemblies or majlisi, 8 appointed by the president, and 1 reserved for each living former president; members serve 5-year terms) Assembly of Representatives or Majlisi Namoyandagon (63 seats; 41 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by 2-round absolute majority vote and 22 directly elected in a single nationwide constituency by closed-list proportional representation vote; members serve 5-year terms)

Elections

• National Assembly - last held on 1 March 2020 (next to be held in 2025) Assembly of Representatives - last held on 1 March 2020 (next to be held in 2025)

Election Results

• - National Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA
• seats by party - NA
• composition as of mid-2202 - men 23, women 8, percentage women 25.8% Assembly of Representatives - percent of vote by party - PDPT 50.4%, PERT 16.6%, APT 16.5%, SPT 5.2%, DPT 5.1%, CPT 3.1%, other 3.1%
• seats by party - PDPT 47, APT 7, PERT 5, CPT 2, SPT 1, DPT 1
• composition as of February 2024 - men 46, women 17, percentage women 27%
• total Supreme Assembly percentage women 26.6%

• highest court(s): Supreme Court (consists of the chairman, deputy chairmen, and 34 judges organized into civil, family, criminal, administrative offense, and military chambers); Constitutional Court (consists of the court chairman, deputy chairman, and 5 judges); High Economic Court (consists
• of 16 judicial positions) judge selection and term of office: Supreme Court, Constitutional Court, and High Economic Court judges nominated by the president and approved by the National Assembly; judges of all 3 courts appointed for 10-year renewable terms with no term limits, but the last a
• ppointment must occur before the age of 65 subordinate courts: regional and district courts; Dushanbe City Court; viloyat (province level) courts; Court of Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region

2 provinces (viloyatho, singular - viloyat), 1 autonomous province* (viloyati mukhtor), 1 capital region (viloyati poytakht), and 1 area referred to as Districts Under Republic Administration*; Dushanbe**, Khatlon (Bokhtar), Kuhistoni Badakhshon [Gorno-Badakhshan]* (Khorugh), Nohiyahoi Tobei Jumhuri***, Sughd (Khujand) note: the administrative center name follows in parentheses

• Agrarian Party of Tajikistan or APT [Rustam LATIFZODA]
• Communist Party of Tajikistan or CPT [Miroj ABDULLOEV]
• Democratic Party of Tajikistan or DPT [Saidjafar USMONZODA]
• Party of Economic Reform of Tajikistan or PERT [Rustam RAHMATZODA]
• People's Democratic Party of Tajikistan or PDPT [Emomali RAHMON]
• Social Democratic Party of Tajikistan or SDPT (vacant)
• Socialist Party of Tajikistan or SPT [Abduhalim GHAFFORZODA]

• no citizenship by descent only: at least one paren
• no residency requirement for naturalization: 5 years or 3 years of continuous residence prior to application

ADB, CICA, CIS, CSTO, EAEC, EAPC, EBRD, ECO, EITI (candidate country), FAO, G-77, GCTU, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (NGOs), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, MIGA, NAM (observer), OIC, OPCW, OSCE, PFP, SCO, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNISFA, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO

chief of mission

Ambassador Manuel P. MICALLER Jr. (since 9 March 2023) embassy: 109-A Ismoili Somoni Avenue (Zarafshon district), Dushanbe 734019 mailing address: 7090 Dushanbe Place, Washington DC 20521-7090

telephone

[992] (37) 229-20-00

FAX

[992] (37) 229-20-50

Email address and website

• DushanbeConsular@state.gov
• https://tj.usembassy.gov/

chief of mission

Ambassador Farrukh HAMRALIZODA (since 17 February 2021)

chancery

1005 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20037

telephone

[1] (202) 223-6090; [1] (202) 223-2666

FAX

[1] (202) 223-6091

Email address and website

• tajemus@mfa.tj
• https://mfa.tj/en/washington