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Events in the year 2020 in Tajikistan.

## Incumbents

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* President: Emomali Rahmon
* Prime Minister: Kokhir Rasulzoda

## Events

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### January

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* January 28 – Prosecutor General Yusuf Rakhmon announced the arrest of 113 alleged members of the Muslim Brotherhood.[1]

### February

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* February 13 – In response to the spread of COVID-19, 13,000 copies of WHO guidelines and recommendations to reduce the risk of coronavirus infection were printed and distributed to Tajik citizens.[2]

### March

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* March 1 – Parliamentary elections were held in the country, with a total of 241 candidates contesting 22 party-list seats and 41 constituency seats. The result was a landside victory for the ruling People's Democratic Party, which won 47 of the 63 seats. The only opposition party, the Social Democratic Party, received just 0.3% of the vote while the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan was unable to participate, having been banned by the authorities over terrorism allegations in 2015.[3][4][5]

### April

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* April 13 – The country reported its first confirmed cases of COVID-19. Five people have tested positive for the virus in the capital Dushanbe, and 10 others in the northern Sughd Region, according to the state-run news agency Khovar.[6]

## Deaths

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Main article: Deaths in 2020

Further information: Category:2020 deaths

## See also

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* List of years in Tajikistan
* 2020 in Tajikistan
* 2020 in Tajikistani sport

## References

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1. ^ "Tajikistan arrests 113 alleged Muslim Brotherhood members". Reuters. 2020-01-28. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
2. ^ "Publication of 13,000 copies of WHO guidelines". Archived from the original on 2020-04-26. Retrieved 2020-06-19.
3. ^ Elections To Tajikistan's Lower House To Take Place March 1, Upper House March 27 - Decree Urdu Point, 4 December 2019
4. ^ "Tajikistan's long-serving ruler dispenses with all political opposition". The Economist. 7 March 2020.
5. ^ Pitiot, Christophe (2020-03-01). "Ruling party in Tajikistan expected to sweep parliamentary election". euronews. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
6. ^ "Tajikistan declares first coronavirus cases". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2020-10-03.

## External links

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* Media related to 2020 in Tajikistan at Wikimedia Commons

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