DUSHANBE, March 16, 2015, Asia-Plus – A source in the Tajik government says the eldest son of Tajikistan’s president, Rustam Emomali, who had previously served as Head of the Customs Service under the Government of Tajikistan, was appointed to head the Agency for State Financial Control and Combating Corruption under the President of Tajikistan on March 16, replacing Abdufattoh Ghoib.
Abdufattoh Ghoib was reportedly appointed head of the Customs Service under the Government of Tajikistan.
Rustam Emomali was born on December 19, 1987. At a mere 23 years of age, he has served as a member of Dushanbe’s local council (Majlis), as deputy chairman of the Youth Union of Tajikistan, as vice-president of Tajikistan’s Football Association, and as the head of the Small and Medium-Sized Business Support Agency at the State Committee for Investments and State-owned Property Management.
In late February 2011, Rustam Emomali was appointed to head the Customs Service’s smuggling-busting department. Afterwards he was appointed deputy head of the Customs Service.
On November 30, 2013, Rustam Emomali was appointed to head the Customs Service under the Government of Tajikistan
He is one of founders and owners of Tajikistan’s Istiqlol Club. In the recent past, he played soccer for this club.
Rustam Emomali is married with two children.
