Muhsinzoda Ghafur Muhsin was appointed First Deputy Minister of Health and social protection of the population of the Republic of Tajikistan in June 2020. He is a doctor of medical sciences and started his career at the City Clinical Hospital No.5 in Dushambe where he occupied different positions from 1981 to 1997. Dr Ghafur Muhsinzoda worked as Director of the Republican Center for Scientific and Educational Self-Government and Production of Reconstructive Surgery from 1997 to 2008, and from 2004 to 2008 also worked for the International Relations Department of the Ministry of Health. In 2008 he became Head of the State Supervision Service for Medical Activities and Social Protection of the Population, a role he maintained until 2018, when he became Head of the Main Department for State Supervision of Medical Activities and Social Protection.