Tursun Uljabayev

Tursun Uljabayevich Uljabayev ({{langx|ru|Турсунбай Ульджабаевич Ульджабаев}}; {{langx|tg|Турсун Ӯлҷабоев}}; {{langx|uz|Турсунбой Ўлжабоевич Ўлжабоев}}; 1 May 1916 – 31 May 1988) was First Secretary of the Communist Party of Tajikistan between May 24, 1956 and April 12, 1961.{{

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|title=Leaders of Tajikistan in XX-th century (1924–2000)

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Later life and death

In 1961 he was accused of falsifying official documents related to cotton production and expelled from the Communist Party. He went on to work as a farm director and retired in 1986. He died in Dushanbe on 31 May 1988.

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