13 Facts About Ozoda Rahmon

Ozoda Emomali Rahmon is a Tajikistani politician who is the daughter of Emomali Rahmon, the long-standing authoritarian leader of Tajikistan.

Ozoda Rahmon is among the ten most influential women in Central Asia and 20 most influential individuals in Tajikistan.

Ozoda Rahmon has held several senior posts in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Ozoda Rahmon was born as Ozoda Emomalievna Rahmonova.

Ozoda Rahmon graduated from the Tajik National University with a specialist degree in International Law in 2000.

Thanks to her status as a daughter of Tajikistan's president, Ozoda Rahmon has enjoyed a number of promotions to senior political offices.

Two years later, in September 2009, Ozoda Rahmon was appointed a deputy foreign minister.

In January 2016, Ozoda Rahmon was appointed as head of the administration of president Emomali Rahmon, one of the key government positions in Tajikistan.

Ozoda Rahmon holds a diplomatic rank of the ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary.

Ozoda Rahmon adopted her father's modified surname, Rahmon, rather than his first name, Emomali, as her brother, Rustam Emomali, had done.

Ozoda Rahmon is one of the nine children of Tajikistan's president Emomali Rahmon.

Ozoda Rahmon is married to Jamoliddin Nuraliev, first deputy head of the National Bank of Tajikistan, who had previously served as the deputy finance minister from 2007 to 2015.

Ozoda Rahmon's brother, Rustam Emomali, is a senior government official in Tajikistan.