Saidkakhhor Kholkhujaev appointed as First Deputy Minister of Investments of Uzbekistan
Saidkakhhor Kholkhujaev has been appointed as the First Deputy Minister of Investments, Industry and Trade of Uzbekistan by a presidential decree, the ministry's press service reported.
The post of First Deputy Minister had been vacant for over a year - since August 2025, when the former holder of the position, Nozimjon Holmurodov, moved to the post of head of the Agency for the Development of the Light Industry.
Before his new appointment, Saidkakhhor Kholkhujaev had been heading the Chilanzar district administration of Tashkent since August 2022. His release from the post of hokim became known on October 15, 2026, and the new head of the district became Hayot Inogamov.
Kholkhujaev was born in 1981 in the Akkurgan district of Tashkent region, graduated from the bachelor's and master's degrees of the Tashkent Financial Institute. He worked in the banking sector for 17 years, headed the company "Uzagrosugurta" in 2017-2019, and from March 2019 was the deputy chairman of the Central Bank, and from December 2020 held the post of First Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Poverty Reduction.
Sources
- Gazeta.uz: Саидкаххор Холхужаев стал первым замминистра инвестиций, промышленности и торговли media outlet
- Spot.uz: Саидкаххор Холхужаев стал первым замминистра инвестиций, промышленности и торговли media outlet
- Podrobno.uz: Экс-хоким Чиланзара стал первым заместителем министра инвестиций Узбекистана media outlet
- Anhor.uz: Осужденный экс-хоким Шурчинского района работает помощником хокима Чиланзарского района Ташкента media outlet
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Published 17 October 2026, 19:31 · No updates · Russian original
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