Saimumin Yatimov

Saimumin Yatimov (Tajik: Саймумин Ятимов; born 23 July 1955) is a senior government official in Tajikistan who has led the country's State Committee for National Security since September 2010. He holds the rank of lieutenant general and is among the 10 most influential individuals in Tajikistan.[1][2] Although the short version of his name, Saimumin Yatimov, is most frequently used, his full name is Saimumin Sattorovich Yatimov.

Early life and education

Yatimov was born in what is now Farkhor district in Tajikistan's southern Khatlon province. In 1976, he graduated from the State Pedagogical Institute in Kulob, Khatlon province, with a specialist degree in Tajik language and literature. Following the graduation, he worked as a Tajik language teacher in secondary schools in Farkhor district. From 1977 to 1979, Yatimov served in the Soviet army in Kaunas, Lithuania. After competing the mandatory military service, he returned to Farkhor and worked as a secondary school teacher until 1980.[3][4]

In 2001, Yatimov defended his dissertation, Foreign Policies of the Islamic Republic of Iran: Ideological Foundations, receiving an academic degree of Candidate of Sciences. One year later, he defended another dissertation, Khomeini-ism and the Ideology of the Foreign Policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the New System of International Relations, receiving a degree of Doctor of Sciences. In 2003, Yatimov completed his second education, graduating from the Tajik State National University with a degree in law.[4][5]

Political career

Between 1980 and 1992, Yatimov worked in the Farkhor district executive committee, making his way to the position of the head of a department. When the civil war began in 1992, he was appointed to head a department in the Khatlon province administration.[4]

In 1996, Yatimov was appointed a special envoy of Tajikistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. There is no public information about what he was responsible for as a special envoy. Between 1997 and 2000, Yatimov served as a minister-counsellor in the Tajik embassy in Iran. He must have served there as an operative of the Tajik security services because, in 2000, he returned to Tajikistan and was appointed deputy minister of security.[4]

In 2005, Yatimov returned to the diplomatic service when president Emomali Rahmon appointed him first deputy minister of foreign affairs.[4] In May 2007, he was appointed Tajikistan's ambassador to Belgium and head of the country's mission to the European Union.[6] During the period, he also served as Tajikistan's permanent delegate to UNESCO.[7]

In 2010, Yatimov returned to work in Tajikistan's security police that had been re-branded from the Ministry for Security to the State Committee for National Security (SCNS). In May 2010, he was appointed deputy head of the SCNS.[8] About three months later, following an escape of 25 inmates from SCNS-run detention center in Dushanbe, president Emomali Rahmon fired the head of the State Committee for National Security and appointed Yatimov as the new head of the committee on 2 September 2010.[9][10] In August 2011, he was awarded the rank of lieutenant general.[4]

Family life

Yatimov is married and has five children.[3]

References
  1. "TOP-20: Двадцать самых влиятельных людей Таджикистана [Top 20: The 20 Most Influential Persons in Tajikistan]". Asia-Plus. Asia-Plus News Agency. 26 December 2011. Archived from the original on 24 August 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
  2. Sodiqov, Alexader (29 December 2011). "Tajikistan's 20 Most Influential People". Tajikistan Monitor. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
  3. "ЯТИМОВ Саймумин Сатторович [Official biography]". President of Tajikistan. President's Office, Republic of Tajikistan. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
  4. "ЯТИМОВ Саймумин". Asia-Plus. Asia-Plus News Agency. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
  5. "Саймумин Ятимов остался на посту председателя ГКНБ [Saimumin Yatimov Remains Head of SCNS]". Avesta. Avesta News Agency. 20 November 2013. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
  6. "Newsline - May 3, 2007". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. RFE/RL. 3 May 2007. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
  7. "Key Facts and Figures on Tajikistan/UNESCO Cooperation" (PDF). UNESCO. October 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
  8. "Бывший посол РТ в Бельгии назначен зампредседателя ГКНБ Таджикистана [Former Tajik Envoy to Belgium Appointed Deputy Head of SCNS]". Asia-Plus. Asia-Plus News Agency. 13 May 2010. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
  9. "Перестановка в ГКНБ: Ятимов вместо Абдурахимова [Shift at the SCNS: Yatimov Replaces Abdurakhimov]". Asia-Plus. Asia-Plus News Agency. September 2010. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
  10. "Security chief replaced after Tajik jail break". BBC News. 2 September 2010. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
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