Kashkadarya region khokim changes

Zoyir Mirzayev, the khokim of Kashkadarya region, has been relieved of his post in accordance with a relevant presidential decree. Murod Azimov, chairman of the Customs Committee, has been appointed the new governor of the region.

Photo: Khokimiyat of Kashkadarya region

Murod Azimov was born in 1976 in Kashkadarya region. In 1998, he graduated from the Tashkent Law Institute. He worked as an investigator in the Karshi city prosecutor's office, as a prosecutor in the Kashkadarya regional prosecutor's office, and later as a deputy regional prosecutor and a district prosecutor.

In 2014, he was appointed prosecutor of Bukhara region, where he worked until 2016. From September 2016 to February 2018, he served as Deputy Prosecutor General of Uzbekistan.

In February 2018, Major General Murod Azimov was appointed Chairman of the Customs Committee. He replaced Muidjan Tohiriy as head of the committee.