Rustam Emomali will be elected president

The eldest son of Emomali Rahmon, who is the sole candidate for the presidency, will be officially elected to this position next week and will begin his work.

In the upcoming elections, which will take place on May 2, 2023, the only candidate for the presidency of the Central Asian Football Association will be Rustam Emomali, the eldest son of Tajikistan’s President Emomali Rahmon.

Also, the candidates for the vice-presidencies of the Central Asian Football Association are Mohammad Yusuf Korgar from Afghanistan, Arslan Ainaazarov from Turkmenistan, and Ravshan Irmatov from Uzbekistan. The president and vice-presidents will be elected for a four-year term (2023-2027).

The Central Asian Football Association is a subdivision of the Asian Football Confederation, overseeing football in Central Asian countries. The association was established on June 10, 2014, and approved by the Asian Football Confederation in 2015. It includes the football federations of Afghanistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Russia (since 2023).