Jamshed Karimov

From 1962 to 1981 he worked as an assistant at the Department of Industrial Economics of Tajik State University.

Beginning in March 1989 until the fall of the USSR, Karimov was a member of the Congress of People's Deputies of the Soviet Union.

At the same time, he held the post of First Secretary of the Dushanbe City Committee of the Communist Party of Tajikistan.

On 2 December of that, he was appointed prime minister, holding this position until 8 February 1996, after leading a cabinet with little powers at the time.

On 9 January 1997, he was posted to the Tajik embassy in Beijing, arriving in June.