Elyor Ganiev left the post of Minister of Transport due to being moved to another role. A source told the Tashkent Times that the relevant decree was signed on August 5 by the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev.
Elyor Ganiev headed the Ministry of Transport since January 2020. His new role, as well as the new candidate for the post of Minister of Transport has not yet been announced.
In November 2017, Shavkat Mirziyoyev moved Ganiev, then the Minister of foreign trade, to the presidential administration. He had served as the Minister of Foreign Economic Relations, Investment and Trade since January 13, 2012.
In January 2019, he became Deputy Prime Minister for Investment and Foreign Economic Relations.
