Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.uz) — Munira Abdugafurovna Aminova has been appointed chair of the Higher Attestation Commission under the Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan, according to a resolution adopted by the Cabinet of Ministers.
Before her appointment, Aminova served as rector of the International Agriculture University in Tashkent, established in cooperation with the United Kingdom's Royal Agricultural University.
Throughout her career, she has held senior management, academic, teaching and expert positions at Uzbekistan's Ministry of Finance, Westminster International University, the United Nations in New York and the International Institute of Administrative Sciences in Brussels.
She has also participated in European Union programmes and collaborated with higher education institutions in Belgium and the Netherlands.
Aminova holds a doctorate in political science. She studied at Tashkent State Technical University, the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom and Vrije Universiteit Brussel in Belgium.
Since 2024, Aminova has served as an adviser to Uzbekistan's Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Her professional experience spans public administration, higher education, institutional development and international cooperation.