Background
NISHANOV, Rafik was born in 1926.
NISHANOV, Rafik was born in 1926.
Tashkent Evening Pedagogical Institute.
Served in Soviet Army 1945-1950. Instructor. Head of Section, Secretary Oktyabrsky Regional Committee, Tashkent 1951-1956. Head of Section Tashkent City Committee 1956-1959.
Secretary Central Committee of Uzbek Communist Party 1963-1970.
Ambassador to Sri Lanka 78, to Jordan 1987-1985. Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uzbek South.S.R.
Chair, of Presidium of Supreme Soviet of Uzbek South.S.R. since 1986. Deputy Chair, of Presidium of Supreme Soviet of Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics 1986-1988.
First Secretary Uzbek Communist Party 1988-1989.
Chairman Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Council of Nationalities since 1989.
Communist Party of the Soviet Union since 1949.