Achilbay Ramatov

Achilbay Ramatov was born in 1962 in the Shovot district of the Khorezm region. He graduated from the Urgench Railway College in 1980 and from the Tashkent Institute of Railway Transport Engineers in 1988. He began as an assistant locomotive driver at the Urgench depot, then worked as a foreman, deputy head of the diesel workshop and head of the wagon repair workshop at the Tashkent locomotive repair plant.

In March 1995 he became general director of the state enterprise Uzzheldorremmash. In May 2001 he was appointed chief manager and chief engineer of Uzbekistan Railways, and from October 2002 to February 2019 he chaired the company's board.

In December 2016 he was appointed First Deputy Prime Minister, heading the complex covering urban development, utilities, transport and construction. From 5 February 2019 to 21 January 2020 he was at the same time Minister of Transport. From January 2018 to July 2019 he was president of the Uzbekistan Football Association.

A presidential decree of August 2022 names him First Deputy Prime Minister; in the Cabinet of Ministers confirmed by the decree of 21 November 2024 he is listed as Deputy Prime Minister.

He was named Honored Industry Worker of Uzbekistan in 2000, received the Order “Fidokorona xizmatlari uchun” in 2007 and the Order “El-yurt hurmati” in 2011. On 22 August 2013 he was given the title Hero of Uzbekistan, and on 20 August 2022, for his 60th birthday, the Order of Labour Glory (“Mehnat shuhrati”).