The president heads the executive branch of the country's government and is the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Tajikistan.

Presidential elections in Tajikistan have consistently been criticized by international observers as unfair and favoring the ruling party.

The president of Tajikistan is the head of the state and the highest ranking chief government official in the country.

Since 2008, the Palace of Nations (also called the Kohi Millat or the White House) has been the official residence of the president of Tajikistan.

[9] In the Soviet era, it had hosted dignitaries such as Raul Castro, Ho Chi Minh, Nikita Khrushchev, Leonid Brezhnev, and Boris Yeltsin.

The president of Tajikistan is elected for a seven-year term (Exception for Founder of peace and national Unity — Leader of the Nation) using the two-round system; if no candidate receives over 50% of all votes cast,[15] a second round is held between 15 and 31 days later between the two candidates who received the most votes.

The minister of defence reads the oath of the allegiance to the Supreme Commander-in-Chief during the ceremony before the troops of the National Army march off.