Identifier
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06DUSHANBE768
2006-04-24 13:20:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Dushanbe
Cable title:
TAJIKISTAN: SHAKE UP AT MINISTRY OF ENERGY, MINISTER
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UNCLAS DUSHANBE 000768
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STATE FOR SCA/CEN, MANILA PASS TO ADB AMB. SPELTZ
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV ECON ENRG TI
SUBJECT: TAJIKISTAN: SHAKE UP AT MINISTRY OF ENERGY, MINISTER
DISMISSED
UNCLAS DUSHANBE 000768
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SIPDIS
STATE FOR SCA/CEN, MANILA PASS TO ADB AMB. SPELTZ
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV ECON ENRG TI
SUBJECT: TAJIKISTAN: SHAKE UP AT MINISTRY OF ENERGY, MINISTER
DISMISSED
1. President Rahmonov signed a decree April 24 dismissing the
Minister of Energy and other ministry officials. According to
press reports Abdullo Yerov will replace Jurabek Nurmahmadov as
the Minister of Energy. Yerov was the former Minister of Energy
until replaced by Nurmahmadov in 2004, when he was demoted to a
deputy minister position.
2. Pulad Muhiddinov will by Yerov's First Deputy Minister,
moving over from the Executive Office of the President where he
was the chief of the Office on Energy and Industry. Muhiddinov
is replacing Alexey Silantiev, who will be the first deputy
chairman of Barqi Tojik, the government's electricity monopoly.
The new chairman of Barqi Tojik will be Sharifhom Samiyev.
3. The decree also ordered the replacement of two Deputy
Ministers, Emomiddin Aslov who oversaw coal, oil and gas, and
Negmatullo Inoyatov, in charge of the Sangtuda projects and the
ministry's International Relations Department. Zarobiddin
Fayzullaev, previously the Deputy Chairman of the Committee on
Supervision and Industrial and Mine Safety, has been appointed
as a Deputy Minister.
4. COMMENT: Embassy sources say President Rahmonov has been
unhappy with Nurmahmadov's performance for some time; however,
his replacement, Yerov, is no more competent. Although, he used
to be the chief of a hydropower station, he is weak on policy
matters. Post will continue to investigate the reasons behind
the reshuffling, and any possibility that this may signal a
desire for increased and more diversified foreign energy
investment, or simply accelerated investment from Russia,
Tajikistan's "strategic partner." END COMMENT.
HOAGLAND
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR SCA/CEN, MANILA PASS TO ADB AMB. SPELTZ
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV ECON ENRG TI
SUBJECT: TAJIKISTAN: SHAKE UP AT MINISTRY OF ENERGY, MINISTER
DISMISSED
1. President Rahmonov signed a decree April 24 dismissing the
Minister of Energy and other ministry officials. According to
press reports Abdullo Yerov will replace Jurabek Nurmahmadov as
the Minister of Energy. Yerov was the former Minister of Energy
until replaced by Nurmahmadov in 2004, when he was demoted to a
deputy minister position.
2. Pulad Muhiddinov will by Yerov's First Deputy Minister,
moving over from the Executive Office of the President where he
was the chief of the Office on Energy and Industry. Muhiddinov
is replacing Alexey Silantiev, who will be the first deputy
chairman of Barqi Tojik, the government's electricity monopoly.
The new chairman of Barqi Tojik will be Sharifhom Samiyev.
3. The decree also ordered the replacement of two Deputy
Ministers, Emomiddin Aslov who oversaw coal, oil and gas, and
Negmatullo Inoyatov, in charge of the Sangtuda projects and the
ministry's International Relations Department. Zarobiddin
Fayzullaev, previously the Deputy Chairman of the Committee on
Supervision and Industrial and Mine Safety, has been appointed
as a Deputy Minister.
4. COMMENT: Embassy sources say President Rahmonov has been
unhappy with Nurmahmadov's performance for some time; however,
his replacement, Yerov, is no more competent. Although, he used
to be the chief of a hydropower station, he is weak on policy
matters. Post will continue to investigate the reasons behind
the reshuffling, and any possibility that this may signal a
desire for increased and more diversified foreign energy
investment, or simply accelerated investment from Russia,
Tajikistan's "strategic partner." END COMMENT.
HOAGLAND