In addition to his academic positions, he held a variety of high government offices, including being the Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Uzbek SSR from 1988 to 1989.
When he was only two months old, his mother brought him with her to a conference in Moscow, and before he was born, she had been photographed meeting Joseph Stalin and Kliment Voroshilov.
[2][3][4] After graduating from Central Asia State University in 1960 he continued his studies, defending his dissertation in Moscow in 1964 and going on to become a doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences in 1971.
In addition, he trained over 200 candidates and 40 doctors of science as well as working as an editor of various academic journals and authoring physics textbooks for Uzbek universities.
[3][4][6] Having been a member of the Communist Party in 1965, Habibullayev held a variety of high political offices in the Uzbek SSR in addition to his academic posts.