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Safarali Kenjayev (died on 30 March 1999) served as the Speaker of the Supreme Soviet
Supreme Soviet

The Supreme Soviet of the USSR was the highest legislative body in the Soviet Union in the interim of the sessions of the Congress of Soviets, and the only one with the power to pass constitutional amendments....
 in Tajikistan
Tajikistan

Tajikistan , officially the Republic of Tajikistan , is a mountainous landlocked country in Central Asia. Afghanistan borders to the south, Uzbekistan to the west, Kyrgyzstan to the north, and People's Republic of China to the east....
, Chairman of the Tajik Parliament's committee on human rights
Human rights

Human rights refer to the "basic rights and freedom to which all humans are entitled." Examples of rights and freedoms which have come to be commonly thought of as human rights include civil and political rights, such as the right to life and liberty, freedom of speech, and equality before the law; and social, cultural and economic rights, i...
 and legislation, and as head of Tajikistan's Socialist Party which he founded.

Kenjayev was a member of the Yaghnobi
Yaghnobi people

Yaghnobi people is the name of an isolated people who live in the Sughd province of Tajikistan in the valleys of the Yagnob, Kul and Varzob rivers....
 community.

In May 1992 protestors demonstrated outside the legislature building in Dushanbe, calling for Kenjayev's dismissal because of his alleged corruption and mismanagement.






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Safarali Kenjayev (died on 30 March 1999) served as the Speaker of the Supreme Soviet
Supreme Soviet

The Supreme Soviet of the USSR was the highest legislative body in the Soviet Union in the interim of the sessions of the Congress of Soviets, and the only one with the power to pass constitutional amendments....
 in Tajikistan
Tajikistan

Tajikistan , officially the Republic of Tajikistan , is a mountainous landlocked country in Central Asia. Afghanistan borders to the south, Uzbekistan to the west, Kyrgyzstan to the north, and People's Republic of China to the east....
, Chairman of the Tajik Parliament's committee on human rights
Human rights

Human rights refer to the "basic rights and freedom to which all humans are entitled." Examples of rights and freedoms which have come to be commonly thought of as human rights include civil and political rights, such as the right to life and liberty, freedom of speech, and equality before the law; and social, cultural and economic rights, i...
 and legislation, and as head of Tajikistan's Socialist Party which he founded.

Kenjayev was a member of the Yaghnobi
Yaghnobi people

Yaghnobi people is the name of an isolated people who live in the Sughd province of Tajikistan in the valleys of the Yagnob, Kul and Varzob rivers....
 community.

In May 1992 protestors demonstrated outside the legislature building in Dushanbe, calling for Kenjayev's dismissal because of his alleged corruption and mismanagement. As the civil war broke out Kenjayev and other leaders formed the Popular Front
Popular front

A popular front is a broad coalition of different political groupings, often made up of Left-wing politics and Centrism who are united by opposition to another group ....
. On 24 October 1992 Kenjayev led his army into Dushanbe, attacking the capital's government building. More than 150 people died. His forces, in control of the local radio station, proclaimed him the new president.

Three assassins killed Kenjayev, his bodyguard, and his driver in Dushanbe
Dushanbe

Dushanbe , population 679,400 people , is the Capital and largest city of Tajikistan. Dushanbe means "Monday" in Tajik language, and the name reflects the fact that the city grew on the site of a village that originally was a popular Monday marketplace....
 on March 30, 1999.