The key facts

  • Colonel Bakhtiyor Rakhmonkulov was appointed to a position at the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Uzbekistan by order of the minister
  • Previously he served as khokim of the Yashnabad district of Tashkent from August 26, 2020
  • The Yashnabad district is now headed by Abdulaziz Abdulhakov

New appointment at the Ministry of Emergency Situations

Colonel Bakhtiyor Tugambayevich Rakhmonkulov has been appointed to a position within the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Uzbekistan. The Kun.uz outlet reported, citing the minister's order, that he has headed the ministry's Inspection. According to data from the Ministry of Emergency Situations cited by Gazeta.uz, he became head of the ministry's Small Vessels Inspection. Thus, the sources differ on the exact title of the position.

Biography

Bakhtiyor Rakhmonkulov was born in 1976 in the Tashkent region. In 1997 he graduated from the Samarkand Higher Military Automobile Engineering School with a specialty in command-and-tactical automobile troops, and in 2008 he graduated from the Civil Protection Academy of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations with a specialty in command-and-staff operational-tactical management in the field of civil protection.

Previous work

From 2018 to 2020, Rakhmonkulov worked as deputy khokim of Tashkent — head of the Main Department of Housing and Communal Services. Before the new appointment, he held the post of khokim of the Yashnabad district of Tashkent: according to Kun.uz — until the moment of the appointment, according to Gazeta.uz — since August 26, 2020. Gazeta.uz also notes that he previously worked in leadership positions within the Ministry of Emergency Situations system and at the Tashkent city administration.

Successor in the Yashnabad district

According to Gazeta.uz, the post of khokim of the Yashnabad district has been taken by Abdulaziz Abdulhakov, who previously headed the social facilities construction department of the company UET Construction.