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Botir Kudratkhodjaev has been appointed the new Minister of Defense of Uzbekistan

Botir Bahromovich Kudrathodjaev has been appointed the new Minister of Defense of Uzbekistan. The decree on this was signed by President Shavkat Mirziyoyev.

Members of the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis approved his candidacy at a meeting on October 12.

Major General Botir Kudrathodjaev had held the post of First Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs — Head of the Operational Search Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs since January of this year.

Previously, he headed the Ministry of Emergency Situations, worked as Deputy Prosecutor General — Military Prosecutor of Uzbekistan. Since 2020, he had been the prosecutor of the Khorezm region, since 2017 — director of the Bureau of Compulsory Enforcement under the Prosecutor General’s Office, in 2016–2017 he served as prosecutor of Tashkent, and from 2014 to 2016 — prosecutor of the Surkhandarya region.

As Minister of Defense, Botir Kudrathodjaev will replace Lieutenant General Shukhrat Kholmukhamedov. He held this position since November 2024 and has been relieved of his post due to a transfer to another job. Before being appointed minister, he was the First Deputy Minister of Defense — Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Uzbekistan.

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