Anvar Juraboev

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Anvar Juraboev
Anvar Juraboev

Anvar Juraboev ( Uzbek: Жўрабоев, Russian: Анвар Джурабаев; Anwar Djurabaev; Jurabayev) (Born on May 22, 1948) is a well known Uzbek journalist and a politician.

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Anvar Juraboev was born on May 22, 1948 in Bulungurski district of Samarkand region in Uzbekistan. He graduated from philological faculty of the Moscow Pedagogical University in 1971, and has been working in journalism since then.

He first started as a corrector, later on correspondent, the chief of information department for Samarkand region newspaper "Zarafshon" (1971-1974). Since then his positions included correspondent for newspaper "Na Straje Rodini" (Leningrad region 1974-1975), the chief of letters, building and transport for Jizzakh region paper "Djizah Haqiqati" ("Jizzakh's Truth" 1975-1981), the executive secretary for the republic journal "Sovet Uzbekistoni Sanati" ("Art of Uzbekistan" (now "Guliston" 1981-1990) and deputy editor-in-chief for the parliamentary newspaper of Uzbekistan "Halq suzi" ("People's Word" 1990-1991)

He has also been the Consultant in the apparatus of Oliy Kengash (the Parliament) of the country (1991-1992)and Deputy of General Manager in Uzbek National information Agency (February-March 1992. In 1992-1997, he worked as a general editor of parliament - government newspaper "Khalq suzi" and "Narodnoye slovo" ("The word of people") Since February 1998 Anvar Juraboev has been an editor-in-chief in international newspaper "Culture of the Central Asia".

He is an author of the documentary films "O, Paris!", "An actor and artist Suymenkul Chokmorov", "Trip to Germany", story-book "Taklifnoma" ("Priglasitelni bilet"), essays-"Yashil vagonchadagi chiroq" ("Lampa v zelenom vagonchike").

The great Russian writer, Nobel laureate Mikhail Sholokhov called Anvar Juraboev "a brave journalist," and that "he discusses the most acute problems of current interest in his articles, essays and especially in conversations."

Anvar Juraboev was a member of the republic commission on working out the Constitution of the Republic of Uzbekistan (1992). After being one of the founders of the social-democratic party of Uzbekistan "Adolat" (Justice Social Democratic Party) February 1995, he was elected the first secretary of the Political council of the party and also the chairman of its fraction in the parliament (the fraction contained 48 deputies of Oliy Majlis). Later on he was elected as a deputy of the first Oliy Majlis of the country (1995-2000) and a member of Oliy Kengash in Oliy Majlis (Supreme Assembly of Uzbekistan).

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