Ahmadjon Odilov
soviet Uzbek politician (1925–2017)
Ahmadjon Odilov (Uzbek Cyrillic: Аҳмаджон Одилов, Russian: Ахмаджан Адылов; 1 May 1925 – 25 September 2017) was an Uzbek politician. For his work in agriculture management, he was awarded the title Hero of Socialist Labor. In his political career, he was a member of the Central Auditing Commission of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) between 1966 and 1971. He was a delegate to the XXIII, XXIV and XXV Congresses of CPSU (1966, 1971, and 1976), and a deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of the 9th and 10th convocations (1974–1984). He was also a member of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR and was elected to the Supreme Soviet of the Uzbek SSR three times.
Biography
Odilov was born on 1 May 1925 in Gurumsaray, Pap District, Fergana, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union (now Uzbekistan). From childhood he worked in agriculture. In the 1960s-1970s, he was chairman of the collective farm named after Lenin in Pap District, Fergana.
Odilov died at his home on 27 September 2017 in Pap District, Namangan, Uzbekistan.
Controversy
Odilov was accused of running agricultural enterprises like a robber baron and torturing people who opposed him.
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