Durdona Rakhimova was appointed deputy mayor of Tashkent city in charge of youth policy, social development and education, replacing Elbek Shukurov, who in February was named the deputy minister of sports, the Tashkent city mayor's office said in a statement.
Durdona Rakhimova began her career in 2012 at Jizzakh province branch of Kamolot movement (now Youth Union).
Prior to this appointment, she worked as chairman of the Tashkent city council of the Youth Union.
In December, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev proposed as an experiment to appoint Durdona Rakhimova as mayor of a Tashkent city district after her speech in one of the meetings.
