AKIPRESS.COM - Tajik President Emomali Rahmon's third daughter, Rukhshona Rahmonova, has become a deputy department head at the country's Foreign Ministry, according to RFE/RL's Tajik Service.

Little is known about Rahmonova, who is one of Rahmon's nine children.

A source told RFE/RL Rahmonova was appointed the deputy head of the ministry's international organizations department "some 10 days ago," but it had not been publicly announced.

The source described Rahmonova as an experienced diplomat who had previously worked at Tajikistan's embassy in London.

In January, another of Rahmon's daughters, Ozoda Rahmon, was appointed the president's chief of staff. Ozoda Rahmon had previously served as the first deputy foreign minister.

Rahmon's eldest son, Rustam Emomali, was appointed as head of the state anti-corruption agency last year, after running the customs service since 2013.