Yaqub Salimov (Tajik/Persian: Яъқуб Салимов/یعقوب سلیموف) is a former minister of the interior of Tajikistan.
In 1990 Yaqub Salimov was convicted for taking part in Dushanbe riots.[1] When Tajik Civil War broke out, Salimov was released from prison, and become a leader of Popular Front, a paramilitary group fighting on the government side.[1][2] In 1997 he was charged with attempting a coup d'etat. Afterwards he fled from Tajikistan, but was arrested in Moscow in 2003[1] On April 25, 2005, he received 15 years in prison sentence.[2]