Emomali Rahmon#Name changes

Rahmon was born as Emomali Sharipovich Rakhmonov{{efn|{{langx|ru|Эмомали́ Шари́пович Рахмо́нов|Emomalí Sharípovich Rahmónov}}{{Cite web|url=http://news.tj/ru/newspaper/article/emomali-rakhmon-vekhi-politicheskoi-biografii|title=Эмомали Рахмон: вехи политической биографии|date=5 October 2016|website=Asia-Plus|publisher=Asia-Plus News Agency|access-date=20 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624005254/http://news.tj/ru/newspaper/article/emomali-rakhmon-vekhi-politicheskoi-biografii|archive-date=24 June 2016}}}} to Sharif Rahmonov ({{Circa|1912}}–1992){{cite web|url=http://akhbor-rus.com/-p2751-122.htm|title=Эмомали Рахмон о своем отце|publisher=Akhbor.com|access-date=1 November 2019|archive-date=1 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191101174220/http://akhbor-rus.com/-p2751-122.htm|url-status=live}} and Mayram Sharifova (1910–2004),{{cite web|url=https://ria.ru/20041123/741296.html|title=Скончалась мать президента Таджикистана Рахмонова|date=23 November 2004|publisher=РИА Новости|access-date=1 November 2019|language=ru|archive-date=1 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191101174219/https://ria.ru/20041123/741296.html|url-status=live}} a peasant family in Danghara,{{cite web|url=http://www.president.tj/taxonomy/term/5/139|title=Тарҷумаи Ҳоли Эмомалии Раҳмон|publisher=Government of Tajikistan|access-date=28 November 2014|archive-date=15 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141215075022/http://www.president.tj/taxonomy/term/5/139|url-status=live}} Kulob Oblast (present-day Khatlon Region). His father was a Red Army veteran of World War II, and recipient of the Order of Glory in the 2nd and 3rd degrees.{{cite news|title=РАХМОН Эмомали Шарифович|publisher=ЦентрАзия|url=https://centrasia.org/person2.php?&st=1013881157|language=ru|access-date=28 March 2021|archive-date=22 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180822045933/https://centrasia.org/person2.php?&st=1013881157|url-status=live}} From 1971 to 1974, Rahmon served in the Soviet Union's Pacific Fleet, during which he was stationed in the Primorsky Krai. After completing military service, Rahmon returned to his native village where he worked for some time as an electrician.{{Cite web|url=http://www.prezident.tj/ru/taxonomy/term/5/140|title=Эмомали Рахмон|website=Сайт Президента Республики Таджикистан|access-date=20 May 2016|archive-date=27 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160527084433/http://www.prezident.tj/ru/taxonomy/term/5/140|url-status=live}}

As a rising apparatchik in Tajikistan, he became a chairman of the collective state farm of his native Danghara. According to his official biography, Rahmon graduated from the Tajik State National University with a specialist's degree in economics in 1982. After working for several years in the Danghara Sovkhoz, Rahmon was appointed chairman of the sovkhoz in 1987.{{Cite web|url=http://www.president.tj/taxonomy/term/5/139|title=ЭМОМАЛӢ РАҲМОН [Official Biography]|website=Official Website of the President of Tajikistan|access-date=20 May 2016|archive-date=16 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160416161510/http://www.president.tj/taxonomy/term/5/139|url-status=live}}

In 1990, Rahmon was elected a people's deputy to the Supreme Soviet of the Tajik SSR.{{cite web|url=http://www.president.tj/en/taxonomy/term/5/33|title=Emomali Rahmon|work=Official Website of the President of the Republic of Tajikistan|access-date=4 September 2016|archive-date=21 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161021053149/http://president.tj/en/taxonomy/term/5/33|url-status=live}} President Rahmon Nabiyev was forced to resign in the first months of the Civil War in August 1992. Akbarsho Iskandrov, Speaker of the Supreme Soviet, became acting president. Iskandarov resigned in November 1992 in an attempt to end the civil unrest. That same month, the Supreme Soviet met in Khujand for its 16th session and declared Tajikistan a parliamentary republic. Rahmon was then elected by the members of the Supreme Soviet as its chairman (as the parliamentary republican system adopted by Tajikistan did not provide for a ceremonial president, he was also head of state) and the head of government. Former Interior Minister Yaqub Salimov later recalled that Rahmon's appointment was made because he was "nondescript", in which other field commanders thought that he could be cast aside "when he had served his purpose."{{Cite news|title=Tajikistan: Former Interior Minister In Dushanbe To Face Trial For Treason|url=https://www.rferl.org/a/1051835.html|access-date=2020-10-17|newspaper=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty|date=8 April 2008 |language=en|archive-date=17 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017103449/https://www.rferl.org/a/1051835.html|url-status=live |last1=Pannier |first1=Bruce }}{{Cite news|title=Emomali Rahmon: The Accidental Leader Who Has Stayed In Power For Decades|url=https://www.rferl.org/a/emomali-rahmon-the-accidental-leader-who-has-stayed-in-power-for-decades/30890337.html|access-date=2020-10-17|newspaper=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty|date=13 October 2020 |language=en|archive-date=17 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017042251/https://www.rferl.org/a/emomali-rahmon-the-accidental-leader-who-has-stayed-in-power-for-decades/30890337.html|url-status=live |last1=Pannier |first1=Bruce }}

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In 1994, a new constitution re-established the presidency. Rahmon was elected to the post on 6 November 1994 and sworn in ten days later. During the civil war that lasted from 1992 to 1997, Rahmon's rule was opposed by the United Tajik Opposition. As many as 100,000 people died during the war. He survived an assassination attempt on 30 April 1997 in Khujand,{{cite web|date=April 1998|title=Tajikistan - Leninabad: Crackdown In The North|url=https://www.hrw.org/reports98/tajikistan/|access-date=2 June 2014|publisher=Hrw.org|archive-date=2 November 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081102175753/http://www.hrw.org/reports98/tajikistan/|url-status=live}} as well as two attempted coups in August 1997 and November 1998.

File:Tajik president Emomali Rahmon meets Ali Khamenei - 18 January 2006 (002).jpg and Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, January 2006]]

Following constitutional changes, he was re-elected on 6 November 1999 to a seven-year term, officially taking 97% of the vote.

On 22 June 2003, a referendum was passed allowing him to run for two more consecutive seven-year terms after his term expired in 2006. Rahmon was re-elected to a seven-year term in a controversial election on 6 November 2006, with about 79% of the vote, according to official results.

In a diplomatic cable that was leaked in 2010, the United States ambassador in Tajikistan reported that Rahmon and his family controlled the country's major businesses, including the largest bank.Luke Harding: [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/dec/12/wikileaks-bleak-picture-tajikistan WikiLeaks cables paint bleak picture of Tajikistan, central Asia's poorest state] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725121748/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/dec/12/wikileaks-bleak-picture-tajikistan|date=25 July 2011}}, The Guardian, 12 Dec 2010. On 6 November 2013, he was re-elected for with about 84% of the vote, in an election process which the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe said lacked "genuine choice and meaningful pluralism".{{Cite web|url=http://www.osce.org/odihr/110986?download=true|title=Republic of Tajikistan, Presidential Election 6 November 2013: OSCE/ODIHR Election Observation Mission Final Report|date=5 February 2014|publisher=OSCE/ODIHR|access-date=20 May 2016|archive-date=5 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160605163749/http://www.osce.org/odihr/110986?download=true|url-status=live}}

In December 2015, a law passed by Tajikistan's parliament gave Rahmon the title "Founder of Peace and National Unity – Leader of the Nation" ({{langx|tg|Асосгузори сулҳу ваҳдати миллӣ – Пешвои миллат|Asosguzori sulhu vahdati millî – Peshvo'i millat}}).{{Cite web |date=25 December 2015 |title=Қонуни Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон дар бораи Асосгузори сулҳу ваҳдати миллӣ – Пешвои миллат |url=http://www.prezident.tj/taxonomy/term/5/950 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160525063614/http://www.prezident.tj/taxonomy/term/5/950 |archive-date=25 May 2016 |access-date=20 May 2016 |website=Official Website of the President of Tajikistan}} The "Leader of the Nation" component is used frequently as a shorter title. In addition to granting Rahmon lifelong immunity from prosecution, the law also gave him a number of other lifelong privileges, including veto powers over all major state decisions, the freedom to address the nation and parliament on all matters he deems important, and the privilege of attending all government meetings and parliament sessions.{{Cite web |date=11 December 2015 |title=Tajikistan: Leader of the Nation Law Cements Autocratic Path |url=http://www.eurasianet.org/node/76521 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160612093010/http://www.eurasianet.org/node/76521 |archive-date=12 June 2016 |access-date=20 May 2016 |website=EurasiaNet.org}}{{Cite web |date=10 December 2015 |title=Teflon Rahmon: Tajik President Getting 'Leader' Title, Lifelong Immunity |url=http://www.rferl.org/content/tajikistan-rahmon-lifelong-immunity/27419474.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413043446/http://www.rferl.org/content/tajikistan-rahmon-lifelong-immunity/27419474.html |archive-date=13 April 2016 |access-date=20 May 2016 |website=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty |publisher=RFE/RL's Tajik Service}}

On 22 May 2016, a nationwide referendum approved a number of changes to the country's constitution.{{Cite web|url=http://www.rferl.org/content/tajikistan-referenmdum-approved-rahmon-increasing-power/27751364.html|title=Tajikistan Approves Constitutional Changes Tightening Rahmon's Grip On Power|date=23 May 2016|website=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty|publisher=RFE/RL|access-date=26 May 2016|archive-date=26 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160526115353/http://www.rferl.org/content/tajikistan-referenmdum-approved-rahmon-increasing-power/27751364.html|url-status=live}} Among the main changes were the removal of presidential term limits for Rahmon, a ban on religious political parties such as the Islamic Renaissance Party, and the reduction of the minimum eligibility age for presidential candidates from 35 to 30, enabling Rahmon's older son, Rustam Emomali, to run for president any time after 2017.{{Cite web |date=20 May 2016 |title=Why Does Tajikistan Need A Referendum? |url=http://www.rferl.org/content/qishloq-ovozi-tajikistan-referendum-rahmon/27747496.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160521144111/http://www.rferl.org/content/qishloq-ovozi-tajikistan-referendum-rahmon/27747496.html |archive-date=21 May 2016 |access-date=20 May 2016 |website=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty |publisher=RFE/RL}}{{Cite web|url=https://af.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idAFKCN0VJ0IU?sp=true|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160616193033/http://af.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idAFKCN0VJ0IU?sp=true|archive-date=June 16, 2016|title=Tajiks to vote in 'president-for-life' referendum|date=10 February 2016|publisher=Reuters|access-date=20 May 2016}} In January 2017, Rustam was appointed Mayor of Dushanbe, the country's largest city and capital.{{Cite web|url=http://thepoliticon.net/analytics/275-tajikistan-regime-eternalization-completed.html|title=Tajikistan: regime eternalization completed?|date=26 January 2017|website=The Politicon|access-date=26 January 2017|archive-date=8 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171108093820/http://thepoliticon.net/analytics/275-tajikistan-regime-eternalization-completed.html}}

In November 2018, Rahmon launched a hydroelectric station to solve energy problems.{{Cite news |date=16 November 2018 |title=Tajikistan Launches Giant Power Plant To Tackle Energy Problems |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/tajikistan-to-launch-giant-power-plant-to-tackle-energy-problems/29604156.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181204102219/https://www.rferl.org/a/tajikistan-to-launch-giant-power-plant-to-tackle-energy-problems/29604156.html |archive-date=4 December 2018 |access-date=2018-12-04 |newspaper=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty |language=en}} In October 2020, he was once again re-elected as president for a fifth term with a margin of 90.92%, amid fraud allegations.{{cite web |last1=Putz |first1=Catherine |title=Tajikistan's Presidential Election Yields Expected Results |url=https://thediplomat.com/2020/10/tajikistans-presidential-election-yields-expected-results/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126062101/https://thediplomat.com/2020/10/tajikistans-presidential-election-yields-expected-results/ |archive-date=26 January 2021 |access-date=30 January 2021 |website=thediplomat.com |publisher=The Diplomat}}{{cite web |last1=Abdulkerimov |first1=Bahtiyar |title=Tajikistan's president sworn in for 5th term |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/tajikistans-president-sworn-in-for-5th-term/2025251 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119220020/https://www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/tajikistans-president-sworn-in-for-5th-term/2025251 |archive-date=19 January 2021 |access-date=30 January 2021 |website=aa.com.tr |publisher=Anadolu Agency}} In July 2021, over 1,000 Afghan troops and civilians fled to Tajikistan after Taliban insurgents took control of many parts of Afghanistan.{{Cite web |date=7 July 2021 |title=Tajikistan Reportedly Calls On Allies For Help With Security Challenges From Afghanistan |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/tajikistan-csto-help-afghanistan/31346198.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211122165303/https://www.rferl.org/a/tajikistan-csto-help-afghanistan/31346198.html |archive-date=22 November 2021 |access-date=4 August 2021 |website=RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty |language=en}} In response, Rahmon ordered 20,000 reserve servicemen of the country's Ground Forces to be sent to the Afghan–Tajik border.{{Cite web |title=Заседание Совета Безопасности Республики Таджикистан | Президенти Тоҷикистон - President of Tajikistan - Президент Таджикистана - رئيس جمهورية تاجيكستان |url=http://president.tj/ru/node/26124 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210711030506/http://president.tj/ru/node/26124 |archive-date=11 July 2021 |access-date=4 August 2021 |website=president.tj}}{{cite web |title=Amid Fraud Allegations, Results Give Tajikistan's Rahmon Fifth Presidential Term |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/tajikistan-rahmon-extend-authoritarian-rule-ceremonial-election/30887682.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126085812/https://www.rferl.org/a/tajikistan-rahmon-extend-authoritarian-rule-ceremonial-election/30887682.html |archive-date=26 January 2021 |access-date=30 January 2021 |website=rferl.org |publisher=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty}}

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File:Secretary Kerry Shakes Hands With Tajikistan President Rahmon at the Palace of Nations in Dushanbe, Tajikistan (22744838565).jpg with Rahmon, 2015]]

Rahmon is a Sunni Muslim and has frequently stressed his Muslim background even though his administration has suppressed public display of Islamic devotion.{{Cite web|url=https://thediplomat.com/2015/04/tajikistan-no-hajj-no-hijab-and-shave-your-beard/|title=Tajikistan: No Hajj, No Hijab, and Shave Your Beard|last=Putz|first=Catherine|date=17 April 2015|website=The Diplomat|access-date=20 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191021054613/https://thediplomat.com/2015/04/tajikistan-no-hajj-no-hijab-and-shave-your-beard/|archive-date=21 October 2019}} The government imposed bans on beards; attendance at mosque for women and children under 18; hajj for people under 40; studying in Islamic schools outside Tajikistan; the production, import or export of Islamic books without permission, implemented in 2017; using loudspeakers to broadcast the adhan; veils; madrassas; Islamist political parties; and Arabic-sounding names, implemented in 2016. Furthermore, mosques are heavily regulated, providing unofficial Islamic teaching can lead to up to 12 years of imprisonment, and an arduous process is required to obtain a permit to establish an Islamic organisation, publish an Islamic book, or go on pilgrimage to Mecca.{{cite news|title=Tajikistan's crackdown on observant Muslims intensifies|url=https://www.economist.com/news/asia/21729451-beards-veils-madrassas-and-arabic-sounding-names-are-all-banned-tajikistans-crackdown-observant|access-date=24 September 2017|newspaper=The Economist|date=21 September 2017|archive-date=24 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170924182614/https://www.economist.com/news/asia/21729451-beards-veils-madrassas-and-arabic-sounding-names-are-all-banned-tajikistans-crackdown-observant|url-status=live}} In January 2016, Rahmon performed an Umrah with a number of his children and senior members of his government. It was his fourth pilgrimage to Mecca.{{Cite web|url=http://www.eurasianet.org/node/76686|title=Tajikistan's Islam-Averse Leader Goes to Mecca|date=5 January 2016|website=EurasiaNet.org|access-date=20 May 2016|archive-date=29 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160629230948/http://www.eurasianet.org/node/76686|url-status=live}}

His reply to critics of the election standards of the 2006 Tajikistani presidential election was: {{cquote|"In Tajikistan, more than 99 percent of those residing here are Muslim. We have a completely different culture. You have to take that into account".{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/07/AR2006110700120.html |title=Tajik President Wins Re-Election |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=7 November 2006 |access-date=6 March 2015 |archive-date=2 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402171152/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/07/AR2006110700120.html |url-status=live }}}}

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During a 2010 Organisation of Islamic Cooperation session in Dushanbe, Rahmon spoke against what he called the misuse of Islam for political ends, claiming that "Terrorism, terrorists, have no nation, no country, no religion... Using the name 'Islamic terrorism' only discredits Islam and dishonors the pure and harmless religion of Islam."{{cite web |url=http://www.rferl.org/content/Top_Islamic_Body_Holds_Foreign_Minister_Meeting_In_Dushanbe/2045729.html |title=Top Islamic Body Holds Foreign Minister Meeting In Dushanbe |publisher=Rferl.org |date=18 May 2010 |access-date=2 June 2014 |archive-date=21 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160921012914/http://www.rferl.org/content/Top_Islamic_Body_Holds_Foreign_Minister_Meeting_In_Dushanbe/2045729.html |url-status=live }}

Membership in Hizb ut-Tahrir, a militant Islamic party that aims to overthrow secular governments and unify Muslims under one Islamic state, is illegal and members are subject to arrest and imprisonment.{{cite news | title =Hizb ut Tahrir | newspaper =BBC News | publisher =BBC | date =27 August 2003 | url =http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/newsnight/3182271.stm | access-date =12 September 2013 | archive-date =28 August 2013 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20130828150541/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/newsnight/3182271.stm | url-status =live }}

The Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRP) is a banned Islamist political party and has been designated a terrorist organization since 2015.{{cite news|first=Casey|last=Michel|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2015/11/trouble-tajikistan-151104085616528.html|title=Trouble in Tajikistan: Analysts say the banning of a moderate Islamist party could unravel the country's post-civil war order|newspaper=Al Jazeera|date=5 November 2015|access-date=23 February 2017|archive-date=13 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170213024031/http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2015/11/trouble-tajikistan-151104085616528.html|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/02/tajikistan-human-rights-fears-banned-irpt-party-leaders-jailed-life|title=Tajikistan human rights fears as banned party's ex-leaders jailed for life|work=The Guardian|agency=Reuters|date=2 June 2016|access-date=23 February 2017|archive-date=24 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170224054606/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/02/tajikistan-human-rights-fears-banned-irpt-party-leaders-jailed-life|url-status=live}}

In 2017, the government of Tajikistan passed a law requiring people to "stick to traditional national clothes and culture", which has been widely seen as an attempt to prevent women from wearing Islamic clothing, in particular the style of headscarf wrapped under the chin, in contrast to the traditional Tajik headscarf tied behind the head.{{cite news|title=Tajikstan passes law 'to stop Muslim women wearing hijabs'|author=Harriet Agerholm|date=1 September 2017|newspaper=The Independent|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/tajikstan-muslim-hijabs-stop-women-law-headscarfs-central-asia-islam-a7923886.html|access-date=28 December 2017|archive-date=6 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170906141934/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/tajikstan-muslim-hijabs-stop-women-law-headscarfs-central-asia-islam-a7923886.html|url-status=live}}

By 2024, the Salafi movement and polygamy became popular in Tajikistan, despite both officially being banned by the government.{{Cite web |title=Опасный контент: о запрещенных в Таджикистане организациях (ИСПРАВЛЕНО) |url=https://asiaplustj.info/ru/news/tajikistan/security/20240414/opasnii-kontent-o-zapretshennih-v-tadzhikistane-organizatsiyah |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=ASIA-Plus}}{{Cite web |title=Polygamy in Tajikistan as a way of women's survival |url=https://old.asiaplustj.info/en/news/tajikistan/society/20240626/polygamy-in-tajikistan-as-a-way-of-womens-survival |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=old.asiaplustj.info}}

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He is married to Azizmo Asadullayeva and has nine children.{{cite web |url=http://modern.az/articles/35043/1/ |title=Qəhrəman ana - Tacikistanın birinci ledisi - FOTOLAR |publisher=Modern.az |date=25 February 2013 |access-date=2 June 2014 |archive-date=16 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220216030727/https://modern.az/articles/35043/1/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=2024 |title=The Grandson of Tajikistan's President Bought a Dubai Apartment at Age 9. Where Did the Money Come From? |url=https://www.occrp.org/en/project/dubai-unlocked/tajik-presidents-grandson-bought-a-luxury-dubai-apartment-at-age-9-where-did-the-money-come-from |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20241218084446/https://www.occrp.org/en/project/dubai-unlocked/tajik-presidents-grandson-bought-a-luxury-dubai-apartment-at-age-9-where-did-the-money-come-from |archive-date=2024-12-18 |website=OCCRP |language=en-US}} Two of his children, Rustam Emomali and Ozoda Rahmon, are senior officials in his administration,{{cite web|url=https://thediplomat.com/2020/04/tajik-presidents-son-officially-second-in-line-to-presidency|title=Tajik President's Son Officially Second-in-Line to Presidency|publisher=The Diplomat|date=20 April 2020|access-date=29 September 2020|archive-date=17 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200917185250/https://thediplomat.com/2020/04/tajik-presidents-son-officially-second-in-line-to-presidency/|url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://www.asiaplustj.info/en/news/tajikistan/power/20180103/ozoda-rahmon-who-heads-presidents-executive-office-turns-40-today |title=Ozoda Rahmon, who heads President's Executive Office, turns 40 today |publisher=Asia-Plus |date=3 January 2018 |access-date=29 September 2020 |archive-date=11 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210711082135/https://www.asiaplustj.info/en/news/tajikistan/power/20180103/ozoda-rahmon-who-heads-presidents-executive-office-turns-40-today |url-status=live }} while another, Zarina Rahmon, was appointed deputy head of Orienbank in January 2017.{{cite news |title=Daughter Of Tajik President Named Deputy Head Of Major Bank |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/tajikista-rahmon-daughter-zarina-bank/28624368.html |newspaper=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty |date=18 July 2017 |publisher=Radio Free Europe/RadioLiberty |access-date=26 January 2021 |archive-date=31 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731215746/https://www.rferl.org/a/tajikista-rahmon-daughter-zarina-bank/28624368.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last1=Putz |first1=Catherine |title=Hired: Tajik President's Daughter Lands Deputy Post at a Major Bank |url=https://thediplomat.com/2017/07/hired-tajik-presidents-daughter-lands-deputy-post-at-a-major-bank/ |website=thediplomat.com |publisher=The Diplomat |access-date=25 January 2021 |archive-date=30 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210130131645/https://thediplomat.com/2017/07/hired-tajik-presidents-daughter-lands-deputy-post-at-a-major-bank/ |url-status=live }} Rustam is widely believed to be his father's successor.{{cite news |last1=Abdurasulov |first1=Abdujalil |title=How Tajikistan's President Emomali Rakhmon consolidated his power |work=BBC News |date=14 May 2016 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-35616792 |access-date=20 January 2021 |archive-date=7 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210307235140/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-35616792 |url-status=live }}

Rahmon had a sister, who reportedly died in a hospital of COVID-19 on 20 July 2021. According to local media, her sons physically assaulted the national health minister and a senior doctor.{{Cite news|last=Dixon|first=Robyn|author-link=Robyn Dixon (journalist)|date=2021-07-27|title=After the Tajik president's sister died of covid, her sons beat up the country's top health officials|language=en|newspaper=The Washington Post|location=Moscow|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/tajik-covid-president-nephews-assault-doctors/2021/07/27/660efdaa-eebb-11eb-ab6f-b41a066381df_story.html|url-access=limited|access-date=2022-02-10|issn=0190-8286|archive-date=28 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728120859/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/tajik-covid-president-nephews-assault-doctors/2021/07/27/660efdaa-eebb-11eb-ab6f-b41a066381df_story.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://president.uz/ru/lists/view/4503|title=Соболезнования Президенту Таджикистана|access-date=31 July 2021|archive-date=31 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210731024641/https://president.uz/ru/lists/view/4503|url-status=live}}

One of his grandchildren reportedly purchased a luxury three-bedroom beachfront apartment on Dubai's Palm Jumeirah when he was just nine years old. The property, now valued at over $1.3 million, continues to generate approximately $55,000 in annual rental income.{{Cite web |title=The Grandson of Tajikistan's President Bought a Dubai Apartment at Age 9. Where Did the Money Come From? |url=https://www.occrp.org/en/project/dubai-unlocked/tajik-presidents-grandson-bought-a-luxury-dubai-apartment-at-age-9-where-did-the-money-come-from |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20241221032758/https://www.occrp.org/en/project/dubai-unlocked/tajik-presidents-grandson-bought-a-luxury-dubai-apartment-at-age-9-where-did-the-money-come-from |archive-date=2024-12-21 |access-date=2024-12-22 |website=OCCRP |language=en-US}}

In March 2007, Rahmonov changed his surname to Rahmon, getting rid of the Russian-style "-ov" ending.{{cite news |last1=Najibullah |first1=Farangis |title=Central Asia: Name Debate Reflects Region's Mixed History |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/1075690.html |access-date=9 March 2022 |publisher=Radio Free Europe |date=4 April 2007 |archive-date=9 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309144820/https://www.rferl.org/a/1075690.html |url-status=live }} He also removed the patronymic, Sharipovich, from his name altogether. Rahmon explained that he had done so out of respect for his cultural heritage.{{Cite web|date=22 March 2007|title=Президент Таджикистана сменил фамилию и подкорректировал имя|url=http://www.segodnya.ua/world/prezident-tadzhikictana-cmenil-familiju-i-podkorrektiroval-imja.html|access-date=20 May 2016|website=Сегодня|archive-date=11 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611073059/http://www.segodnya.ua/world/prezident-tadzhikictana-cmenil-familiju-i-podkorrektiroval-imja.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|date=21 March 2007|title=Президент Таджикистана отрезал от своей фамилий Русское окончание (in Russian)|url=http://www.lenta.ru/news/2007/03/21/name|access-date=2 June 2014|publisher=Lenta.ru|archive-date=7 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140307001406/http://lenta.ru/news/2007/03/21/name|url-status=live}} Following the move, scores of government officials, including members of parliament and civil servants, also removed Russian-style patronymics and "-ov" endings from their surnames. In April 2016, Tajikistan officially banned giving Russian-style patronymics and surnames to newborn children.{{Cite web|date=30 April 2016|title=Tajikistan Bans Giving Babies Russian-Style Last Names|url=http://www.rferl.org/content/tajikistan-bans-giving-babies-russian-style-last-names/27708093.html|access-date=20 May 2016|website=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty|publisher=RFE/RL|archive-date=27 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160827121127/http://www.rferl.org/content/tajikistan-bans-giving-babies-russian-style-last-names/27708093.html|url-status=live}}

• Honorary Doctorate of Leadership by the Limkokwing University of Creative Technology (LUCT){{cite web |url=http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v7/ge/newsgeneral.php?id=1048975 |title=Rahmon Receives Honorary Doctorate Of Leadership From LimKokWing University |publisher=Bernama |date=24 June 2014 |access-date=25 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140913092807/http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v7/ge/newsgeneral.php?id=1048975 |archive-date=13 September 2014 }}
• {{flagicon|Tajikistan}} Hero of Tajikistan
• {{flagicon|Kuwait}} Order of Mubarak the Great
• {{flagicon|Ukraine}} Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise (2008)
• {{flagicon|Latvia}} Order of the Three Stars (2009)
• {{flagicon|Ukraine}} Order of Merit of Ukraine (2011)
• {{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} Heydar Aliyev Order (2012)
• {{flagicon|Turkmenistan}} Order of the President of Turkmenistan (2012)
• {{flagicon|Serbia}} Order of the Republic of Serbia (2013){{cite news|url=http://www.news.tj/en/news/president-rahmon-awarded-order-republic-serbia|title=President Rahmon awarded the Order of the Republic of Serbia|publisher=Asia-Plus|date=26 February 2013|access-date=4 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160916145011/http://www.news.tj/en/news/president-rahmon-awarded-order-republic-serbia|archive-date=16 September 2016}}
• {{flagicon|Russia}} Order of Alexander Nevsky (2017){{Cite web|url=http://vestnikkavkaza.net/news/Tajik-President-awarded-Order-of-Alexander-Nevsky.html|title=Tajik President awarded Order of Alexander Nevsky |website=vestnikkavkaza.net|language=en|access-date=2017-03-04|archive-date=24 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190924225953/http://vestnikkavkaza.net/news/Tajik-President-awarded-Order-of-Alexander-Nevsky.html|url-status=live}}
• {{flagicon|Kazakhstan}} Order of Parasat (2018){{cite web|url=https://m.akipress.com/news%3A603555/%26|title=AKIpress News Agency|website=m.akipress.com|access-date=16 April 2018|archive-date=9 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309021540/https://m.akipress.com/news:603555/|url-status=live}}
• Mark of Honour of Heads of State in Central Asia (2021){{Cite web|url=http://president.tj/en/node/26325|title=Emomali Rahmon Awarded the Mark of Honour of the Heads of Central Asian States | Президенти Тоҷикистон - President of Tajikistan - Президент Таджикистана - رئيس جمهورية تاجيكستان|access-date=11 August 2021|archive-date=11 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210811115804/http://president.tj/en/node/26325|url-status=live}}
• {{flagicon|Russia}} Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" (2022){{cite web | url=https://report.az/ru/v-regione/mid-kyrgyzstana-vyzval-posla-tadzhikistana-v-bishkeke/ | title=МИД Кыргызстана вызвал посла Таджикистана в Бишкеке | Report.az | access-date=8 October 2022 | archive-date=8 October 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221008153748/https://report.az/ru/amp/v-regione/mid-kyrgyzstana-vyzval-posla-tadzhikistana-v-bishkeke/ | url-status=live }}
• Honorary Doctorate in Arts by Cairo University (2022){{cite web |url=https://cu.edu.eg/ar/Cairo-University-News-14062.html |title=president of the republic of tajikistan Receives Honorary Doctorate in arts From Cairo University |publisher=Cairo University|date=12 March 2022 |access-date=1 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220313003215/https://cu.edu.eg/ar/Cairo-University-News-14062.html |archive-date=13 March 2022}}
• {{flagicon|Kazakhstan}} Order of the Golden Eagle (2023){{Cite web|language=ru|url=https://www.akorda.kz/ru/glava-gosudarstva-kasym-zhomart-tokaev-nagradil-prezidenta-tadzhikistana-emomali-rahmona-ordenom-altyn-kyran445646#:~:text=4%20%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%8F%202023%20%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B0,%E2%80%93%20%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%20%C2%AB%D0%90%D0%BB%D1%82%D1%8B%D0%BD%20%D2%9A%D1%8B%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%C2%BB.|title=Глава государства Касым-Жомарт Токаев наградил Президента Таджикистана Эмомали Рахмона орденом "Алтын Қыран"|website=www.akorda.kz|date=2023-05-04}}
• {{flagicon|China}} Friendship Medal (2024)

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