Sharof Rashidov | |
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Шароф Рашидов | |
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| First Secretary of Communist Party of Uzbekistan | |
| In office 15 March 1959 – 31 October 1983 | |
| Preceded by | Sobir Kamolov |
| Succeeded by | Inomjon Usmonxo‘jayev |
| Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic | |
| In office 21 August 1950 – 24 March 1959 | |
| Preceded by | Sobir Kamolov |
| Succeeded by | Amin Niyazov or Yadgar Nasriddinova |
| Candidate member of the 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th Politburo | |
| In office 31 October 1961 – 31 October 1983 | |
| Full member of the 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th Central Committee | |
| In office 31 October 1961 – 31 October 1983 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 November 1917 Jizzakh, Samarkand Oblast, Russian Republic (present-day Uzbekistan) |
| Died | 31 October 1983 (aged 65) Ellikqala District, Karakalpak ASSR, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union |
| Political party | Communist Party of the Soviet Union (from 1939) |
| Children | Sayyora Rashidova |
Sharof Rashidovich Rashidov (Uzbek Cyrillic: Шароф Рашидович Рашидов, [ʃæˈrɒf ræˈʃidəvʲɪt͡ɕ ræˈʃidəf]; Russian: Шараф Рашидович Рашидов, romanized: Sharaf Rashidovich Rashidov; 6 November [O.S. 24 October] 1917 – 31 October 1983) was the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Uzbekistan from 1959 until his death in 1983. During his tenure the Uzbek SSR saw considerable economic growth and had a very high degree of autonomy from the rest of the Soviet Union.