Rahimzoda Shabnam Karim

Since February 2022, she has served as First Deputy Chairperson of the Committee for Youth and Sports under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan and, concurrently, as First Deputy Chairperson of the Youth Union of Tajikistan.

Date of birth: 30 August 1991
Place of birth:Republic of Tajikistan
Nationality: Tajik
Education: Higher education

In 2013, she graduated from the Russian-Tajik (Slavonic) University (full-time).

Specialisation: International Relations

From 2013 to 2016, she undertook postgraduate studies at the Institute of Philosophy, Political Science and Law of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tajikistan. On 16 March 2021, she defended her Candidate of Sciences dissertation entitled “Information Warfare and the Issue of Ensuring National Security in the Central Asian Region” under speciality 23.00.04.

Specialisation: 23.00.04 — Political Issues of International Relations, Global and Regional Development (Political Science)
Academic degree: Candidate of Political Sciences

In 2023, she graduated from the Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan (second higher education).

Specialisation: Economist-Manager
Foreign languages: Russian, English, German
Member of the Majlis of People's Deputies: No

State awards: Awarded the Certificate of Honour of the Republic of Tajikistan by Decree of the President of the Republic of Tajikistan No. 213 dated 23 July 2021.

Professional awards, certificates and achievements: Certificate for the “Woman Leader” professional development course; Certificate of Honour from the national conference “Contribution of Women to the Development of Science”; certificate in “Fundamentals of Counselling in the Field of Domestic Violence”; Certificate of Honour from the “Best Article” competition; certificates and training programmes in emergency management, data journalism, Chinese language and culture, Huawei’s “Seeds for the Future”, UN SDG/NDS/UNDAF monitoring and gender-responsive M&E, the International Olympic Committee’s “Sport Administrators Course”, JICA programmes, the Jakarta-Palembang 2018 Asian Games Fun Run, the Third BRICS and SCO Student Spring Festival, and UNODC’s Preventing Violent Extremism through Sport course; Jubilee Medal “20 Years of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation”; Alif Academy Letter of Appreciation for supporting the development of Tajikistan’s IT sector; Jubilee Medal “30th Anniversary of the Border Troops of the SCNS of the Republic of Tajikistan” (Certificate No. 818); Excellence in Culture distinction, and others.

Marital status: Married
Address: 6, Apt. 10, J. Balkhi Street, Bokhtar, Khatlon Region, Republic of Tajikistan