Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev has appointed the First Deputy Minister of Health of Uzbekistan.

According to the press service of the Ministry of Health, the head of Uzbekistan, by his resolution, appointed Abdukhakim Khadjibaev to the post of First Deputy Minister of Health of Uzbekistan.

The new appointment was also announced at a meeting chaired by the President of Uzbekistan on 15 July.

Abdukhakim Khadjibaev was appointed for the third time to the post of First Deputy Minister of Health.