Emomali Rahmon - President of the Republic of Tajikistan. On November 19, 1992, at the XVI session of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Tajikistan, he was elected Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Tajikistan. On November 6, 1994, he was first elected President of the Republic of Tajikistan. In 1999, 2006 and 2013 he was re-elected President of the Republic of Tajikistan. In 1999 he was awarded the title of Hero of Tajikistan for strengthening independent statehood and lasting peace in the Republic of Tajikistan.