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Tajikistan presidential election 2020
![Tajikistan’s Presidential Election Yields Expected Results Tajikistan’s Presidential Election Yields Expected Results](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-10-13-8.jpg)
Tajikistan’s Presidential Election Yields Expected Results
By Catherine Putz
Another seven year term for Tajik President Emomali Rahmon.
![Tajikistan: Why Authoritarian Elections Also Matter Tajikistan: Why Authoritarian Elections Also Matter](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-10-09-10.jpg)
Tajikistan: Why Authoritarian Elections Also Matter
By Steve Swerdlow
The upcoming presidential election in Tajikistan underscores a worsening human rights crisis.
![What’s Important About Tajikistan’s Presidential Election? What’s Important About Tajikistan’s Presidential Election?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-10-07-13.jpg)
What’s Important About Tajikistan’s Presidential Election?
By Catherine Putz
What's at stake in Tajikistan's election isn't the presidency, but what comes next.
![Muhiddin Kabiri Speaks Online, Tajikistan’s Internet Shuts Down Muhiddin Kabiri Speaks Online, Tajikistan’s Internet Shuts Down](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-09-14_13-24-31.jpg)
Muhiddin Kabiri Speaks Online, Tajikistan’s Internet Shuts Down
By Catherine Putz
A coincidence? When IRPT leader Kabiri spoke this week in an online event his message was cut off from Tajikistan by “technical glitches.”
![Field Set for Tajik Election, No Surprises Field Set for Tajik Election, No Surprises](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-09-14-18.jpg)
Field Set for Tajik Election, No Surprises
By Catherine Putz
With less than a month until election day, Rahmon stands prominently in a field of unsurprising candidates unlikely to rock the boat.
![Will Emomali Rahmon Have Any Serious Challengers for the Tajik Presidency? Will Emomali Rahmon Have Any Serious Challengers for the Tajik Presidency?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-09-08-10.jpg)
Will Emomali Rahmon Have Any Serious Challengers for the Tajik Presidency?
By Catherine Putz
A 30-year-old Tajik lawyer declared his intention to run and was almost immediately questioned by the security services. Rahmon is unlikely to tolerate a genuine challenger.
![Tajik President Emomali Rahmon to Seek Fifth Term Tajik President Emomali Rahmon to Seek Fifth Term](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-rogun-rahmon-rustam.jpg)
Tajik President Emomali Rahmon to Seek Fifth Term
By Catherine Putz
Rahmon, one of the world's longest-serving leaders, will seek a fifth term as Tajik president, setting rumors of a familial succession aside for now.
![Tajikistan Sets Date for Presidential Election Tajikistan Sets Date for Presidential Election](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-rogun-rahmon-rustam.jpg)
Tajikistan Sets Date for Presidential Election
By Catherine Putz
There is now an official date for Tajikistan’s next presidential election: October 11.
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