Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) – Akmalkhon Ortikov was appointed as director of the State Assets Management Agency of Uzbekistan.

Akmalkhon Ortikov, from 28 March 2020, worked as the first deputy minister of economic development and poverty reduction.

Akmalkhon Ortikov graduated from the Tashkent State Economic Institute. He worked in various positions in the structure of the Ministry of Finance (2001-2013), headed the financial department of the khokimiyats of Namangan and Ferghana regions (2013-2015 and 2015-2017). He was Deputy Minister of Economy for Demography, Social Development spheres (2017-2018), first deputy khokim of Namangan region (2018-2019), as well as head of the Cabinet of Ministers secretariat (2019-2020).