Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- An extraordinary session of the Kashkadarya Regional Kengash of People’s Deputies was held today in the city of Karshi. It is attended by the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev.

The session considered an organizational issue. The head of state recommended Azimov Murotjon Berdialievich, acting khokim of Kashkadarya region since November 2021, for the post of head of the region.

M. Azimov was born in 1976 in Kitab district of Kashkadarya region. He worked as the Prosecutor of the Bukhara region, Deputy and First Deputy Prosecutor General, Chairman of the State Customs Committee.

People’s deputies who took the floor, labor veterans, women and youth came out in support of the candidate. According to the voting results, Murotjon Azimov was approved as the khokim of Kashkadarya region.