The general-major of the customs service Murotjon Azimov has been appointed as the new chairman of the State Customs Committee of Uzbekistan, the committee said.
Since September 2016, he had worked as the first deputy to the general prosecutor, and earlier - as the prosecutor of the Bukhara province.
In this post Azimov replaced the Major-General Mujid Tohiri who served since December 2016 and who previously was in charge of the late President Karimov's security service.