Obid Sodiqovich Sodiqov (Uzbek: Obid Sodiqovich Sodiqov; Russian: Абид Садыкович Садыков; 15 November 1913 – 21 July 1987) was a Soviet Uzbek organic chemist, academician, and politician.[1]
Obid Sodiqov was born in Tashkent, Russian Turkestan, Russian Empire on November 15, 1913.[2] He graduated from the Central Asian University of Tashkent in 1937 with a Doktor nauk.
After graduating, he taught at the Tashkent Institute of Textile and Light Industry from 1937 to 1939.[3] From 1941, he worked at the Central Asian University of Tashkent and became a Rector at the university in 1958. He simultaneously worked as the Director of the Institute of Chemistry of the Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR.[4] From 1963 to 1967, he served as the Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Uzbek SSR.[5] From 1966 to 1984, Sodiqov served as the President of the Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR.[6] He became a full member of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union on November 28, 1972.[7] In 1973, Sodiqov became the Head of the Department of Bio organic Chemistry of the Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR. He was awarded the Hero of Socialist Labour in 1973.[8]
Sodiqov was a member of the 9th Convocation of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union.[9]
Sodiqov passed away in Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union on July 21, 1987. He was buried at the Chigatai Cemetery.[10]