Posted by Iran-Najod on April 20, 2007, 11:20 am DUSHANBE, April 18 (Itar-Tass) - Tajikistan’s Foreign Minister has followed the national president and changed his surname to meet the national tradition. The minister dropped off the Russian-style postfix ‘-ov’ at the end of his surname that has read ‘Zaripov’ until now. His full name will read as Hamrokhon Zarifi as of this moment, he told a news conference. Tajikistan’s President Emomali Rahmon /previous surname version Rahmonov/ did the same a short while ago. Zarifi said he found Rahmon’s call for returning to the roots of the national tradition of the Tajik people to be “a very timely and important one.” He voiced the hope that many Tajiks will follow the example set by the President. As for the change of his own surname, Zarifi said “all the legal documents have been processed and all the diplomatic missions in Dushanbe will get appropriate notifications soon.” ‘Correct spelling’ of Tajik first names and surnames is not the only thing that President Rahmon has shown much care for recently. He also spoke out against ‘farewell-to-classes’ days and graduation parties at school and prohibited the use of mobile phones at school by kids. When it came down to the cars at the wheel of which some of the kids come to schools, he did not confine himself to banning arrivals at the doors of schools by own private cars but asked the national anti-corruption agency to track down the sources of their parents’ revenues.
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Tajikistan’s Foreign Minister Changes His Name in Line with Tradition
18.04.2007, 17.03
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