Tajikistan’s long-serving ruler Emomali Rahmon has served as the president of Tajikistan since 1994. Rahmon was elected to his second term as president in 1997, and in 2003, a referendum was passed that allowed him to serve two more terms. Rahmon was elected to his second term as president in November 1999. In June 2003, a referendum was passed that made it possible for Rahmon to serve two more consecutive terms after his second term expired in 2006. The election on November 6, 2006, granted Rahmon his third term, but the vote was widely criticized for being neither free nor fair. Re-elected in late 2013, he will now serve in current position until 2021.
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