President Shavkat Mirziyoyev on May 23 signed a decree appointing Bahodir Begalov as chairman of the Statistics Committee of Uzbekistan replacing Botir Turaev.
Bahodir Begalov (49 years old) is a graduate of the Moscow Institute of Economics and Statistics (1992), Doctor of Economics, Professor.
From 2002 he was the dean of IT and Management Department of Tashkent University of Economics. Afterwards from 2011 he was vice-rector of the University for scientific activities.
In 2012-2016, Bahodir Begalov served as deputy chairman of the Statistics Committee, then he was appointed as rector of Tashkent Institute of Finances.
