President Mirziyoyev has appointed the heads of the newly formed Ministry of Culture and the Committee for Sports. a statement of the Ministry of Culture said.
For Minister of Culture President has picked Makhmud Muratov, who since 2015 worked as director of the State Academic Bolshoi Theatre named after Alisher Navoi.
Mahmoud Muratov in different years worked as the head of the National Philharmonia, First Deputy Minister of Culture and director of the Tashkent Operetta Theater.
The State Committee for Sports will from now on be governed by Rustam Kurbanov, who since 2009 had served as the director of the Museum of Olympic Glory.
Rustam Kurbanov in different years served the first Tashkent deputy mayor on social issues, mayor of Bektemir district, the chairman of the National Olympic Committee, chairman of UzbekTourism and the Minister of Culture and Sports.
