Muhiddin Kabiri

Background

Kaibiri was born in the Faizobod District in a devout Muslim family.

Career

In 1995-1997 Kabiri was a businessman in Moscow. In 2000, he became deputy leader of the Party, and was elected in the Tajik Parliament in February 2005 as an IRPT member. After Nuri"s death in 2006 he assumed the position of the Party leader.

After the IRPT gathered only 1,5% votes, and no seats in Parliament for first time in 15 years, Kabiri left the countries amid widespread speculation that the party would be shut down by authorities.

Kabiri’s current whereabouts are unknown, although he is rumored to be in Turkey. On August 2015, the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan was banned by the Tajik Justice Ministry.

Kabiri is fluent in Tajik, Persian, Arabic, Russian, and English.

Achievements

• Kabiri"s colleagues have urged him not to return to Tajikistan from abroad, saying it was not safe and citing the mysterious assassination of another opposition leader, fugitive tycoon and opposition Group 24 founder Umarali Quvvatov, in Istanbul in March.

Connections

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Said Abdullo Nuri