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Rakhmon Nabiyev (1930-1993) was the first president of post-Soviet Tajikistan and the instigator of the country's civil war. After the opposition came out victorious in the country's 1991 legislative elections, Nabiyev and his Communist allies took it upon themselves to make sure the fairly elected government did not take office. Eventually, political riots forced Nabiyev to resign from the presidency at gunpoint. The instability that followed led to a protracted conflict and eventually to the installation of Imomali Rakhmonov as the country's leader.
