Akbarsho Iskandarov

{{Short description|Acting President of Tajikistan in 1991 and 1992}}

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| name = Akbarsho Iskandarov

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| office = President of Tajikistan
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| primeminister = Akbar Mirzoyev
Abdumalik Abdullajanov

| term_start = 7 September 1992

| term_end = 20 November 1992

| predecessor = Rahmon Nabiyev

| successor = Emomali Rahmon (As a Chairman of the Supreme Assembly)

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| primeminister2 = Izatullo Khayoyev

| term_start2 = 6 October 1991

| term_end2 = 2 December 1991

| predecessor2 = Rahmon Nabiyev

| successor2 = Rahmon Nabiyev

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1951|8|1|df=y}}

| birth_place = Tajik SSR, Soviet Union

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| native_name_lang = tg

| native_name = {{nobold|Акбаршоҳ Искандаров}}

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Akbarsho Iskandarov ({{Langx|ru|Акбаршо Искандаров}}; {{Langx|tg|Акбаршоҳ Искандаров|translit=Akbarshoh Iskandarov}}; born 1 August 1951){{cite web|url=http://www.centrasia.ru/person2.php?st=1013881006|title=ИСКАНДАРОВ Акбаршо|work=centrasia.ru|access-date=September 23, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160625033101/http://www.centrasia.ru/person2.php?st=1013881006|archive-date=June 25, 2016|url-status=dead}} is a Tajik politician who was twice acting president of Tajikistan. He first served as acting president from October 6, 1991, to December 2, 1991, when Rahmon Nabiyev stepped down to fight Tajikistan's first presidential election. Nabiyev won the election and took over as the first popularly elected president in the country's history, but resigned in September 1992, following a coup d'état.{{cite news|title=Chronology for Uzbeks in Tajikistan|work=UNHCR website}} Iskandrov again took the interim presidency and later resigned on 20 November 1992, after which the office of president was abolished and Emomali Rahmon was installed as head of state.{{cite news|title=Tadzhikistan: Fear of Torture...|work=Amnesty International website}} Iskandrov also served as ambassador to Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan.