Yaqub Salimov (Tajik/Persian: Яъқуб Салимов/یعقوب سلیموف) is a former minister of the interior of Tajikistan.
In 1990 Yaqub Salimov was convicted for taking part in Dushanbe riots. When Tajik Civil War broke out, Salimov was released from prison, and become a leader of Popular Front, a paramilitary group fighting on the government side. In 1997 he was charged with attempting a coup d'etat. Afterwards he fled from Tajikistan, but was arrested in Moscow in 2003 On April 25, 2005, he received 15 years in prison sentence.