The key facts

  • The khokimiyat of New Tashkent is created by a presidential decree dated 10 November and will start operating before the official establishment of the administrative-territorial unit
  • The president appoints and dismisses the khokim; the staff consists of 14 employees, with 30 positions allocated for 16 units of state bodies
  • Law enforcement agencies must create their structures in the city within a month, the Cabinet of Ministers must prepare organizational measures within 10 days and submit proposals on the city's status within 3 months

What the decree provides for

The President of Uzbekistan, by a decree dated 10 November 2026 (PF–243), established the khokimiyat of New Tashkent. The new governing body will begin operating even before the corresponding administrative-territorial unit is officially created — under a special legal regime. Its tasks: organizing the administration of the territory, serving the population, and maintaining social and infrastructure facilities. The khokim of New Tashkent will be appointed and dismissed by the president. The document came into force on 11 November.

Structure and financing

The administrative apparatus of the khokimiyat will consist of 14 people: the khokim, his first deputy and two deputies (each with one chief specialist), an assistant to the khokim, the head of the information service — adviser on the state language, an organizational and control group, a chief accountant, a chief legal counsel, and two chief specialists of the chancellery. The structure and staffing of the Improvement Directorate will be determined by the khokim himself according to the standard structure of the districts of Tashkent. A total of 30 staff positions have been allocated for 16 units of state bodies and organizations: for example, 4 for the tax inspectorate, 3 for the economy and finance department and the citizens' mahalla assembly, 2 each for the People's Reception Office and the departments of investments, employment, construction, the medical association, and the department of family and women, and 1 each for the departments of ecology, statistics, education, culture, youth policy, and the cadastre. The maintenance of the khokimiyat and state bodies will be financed from the republican budget, and they will temporarily be housed in the building of the former office of the 'New Tashkent' project under free use rights.

Powers and deadlines

The khokimiyat and the units of state bodies have received the right to independently make decisions on matters previously within the powers of the bodies of Tashkent Region and its districts — on the territories transferred to the directorate for permanent use. The Prosecutor General's Office, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Emergency Situations, and other law enforcement agencies must create their structures in the city within a month within their overall staffing limits; other state bodies not mentioned in the decree will continue to operate through the existing regional units. The Cabinet of Ministers has been instructed to carry out organizational and technical measures to establish the khokimiyat within 10 days, and within three months to submit proposals on the administrative-territorial status of the future city.

What else the decree covers

In addition to establishing the administration, the decree concerns the relocation of state bodies and companies with a state share of 50% or more to the future city. Businesses will be able to purchase land through E-auksion for the construction of buildings under special projects, and after commissioning, transfer them to state structures under long-term lease or installment payment. Buildings vacated by state bodies will be put up for sale on E-auksion: the first sale — with payment of 100% of the value within 30 days; if there is no buyer — with an installment plan of up to 12 months, which will be extended by a year at each new auction; the maximum installment period, according to the privatization decree of 28 August, will be 7 years. Land plots in Tashkent under former state body buildings will, after privatization, be removed from conservation zones — the Cabinet of Ministers has been instructed to prepare amendments to the capital's general plan within a month.