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Since 18 March , he has also served as the leader of the People's Democratic Party of Tajikistan , which dominates the Parliament of Tajikistan. He became better known in after the abolition of the post of president in the country, when at the dawn of the civil war — he became Chairman of the Supreme Soviet Parliament of Tajikistan as a compromise candidate of communists and neo-communists on the one hand and liberal-democratic, nationalist and Islamist forces the United Tajik Opposition on the other.

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Five times in the elections of , , , and , Rahmon won undemocratic presidential elections; in addition, he extended his powers based on the results of the national constitutional referendums of and Following the results of the last national constitutional referendum in , amendments were adopted that lifted the restrictions on the number of re-elections to the post of President of Tajikistan and lowered the age limit for those running for the post of president from 35 to 30 years.

Rahmon heads an authoritarian regime in Tajikistan with elements of a cult of personality. Political opponents are repressed, violations of human rights and freedoms are severe, elections are not free and fair, and corruption and nepotism are rampant. After completing military service, Rahmon returned to his native village where he worked for some time as an electrician.

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 After working for several years in the Danghara Sovkhoz , Rahmon was appointed chairman of the sovkhoz in Akbarsho Iskandrov , Speaker of the Supreme Soviet, became acting president.

Iskandarov resigned in November in an attempt to end the civil unrest.

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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.

In , a new constitution re-established the presidency.