MPs of the Legislative Chamber at July 16 meeting considered and approved the candidacy of Jamshid Khodjaev for the post of Deputy PM - Minister of Investments and Foreign Trade, who replaced Sardor Umurzakov who was appointed head of the Presidential Administration the lower house reported.
Earlier today, we reported that, who previously held this position,.
Jamshid Khodjaev, 43, hold graduate degree from the Tashkent State University of Economy (2000) and the University of Birmingham, UK (2003). He has been working in the banking system since 2000.
In 2017, he worked as First Deputy Chairman of the National Bank for Foreign Economic Affairs of Uzbekistan, where he supervised the departments of the treasury, foreign economic activity, information technology, project financing and others.
In August 2017, he took the position of First Deputy Chairman of the Accounts Chamber - Head of the Inspectorate for Control over the Completeness of State Budget Revenues.
In November 2017, he was approved as Minister of Foreign Trade and in January 2019 appointed as Minister of Agriculture.
