Adkham Ikramov

Adkham Ilkhamovich Ikramov was born on 20 December 1968 in Tashkent into a geologist's family. He studied at the S. M. Kirov Military Medical Academy in Leningrad and at the Tashkent Medical Institute, and is a surgeon and radiologist by training.

From 1994 he worked at the Republican Specialized Surgery Center named after Academician V. Vakhidov as a doctor, head of the radiology department and deputy director. In 2007 he was invited to the Ministry of Health as first deputy minister, and from 25 April 2009 to 2012 he headed the ministry.

From August 2012 he was a deputy prime minister; in December 2016 he was appointed health minister again while remaining deputy prime minister. From 2016 he led the Fencing Federation of Uzbekistan. In 2017 he briefly served as first deputy state adviser to the president and rector of the Academy of Public Administration, and from 2017 to 2022 he chaired the Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

On 18 February 2022 he was appointed Minister of Sports Development. After the reorganization of December 2022 he became Minister of Youth Policy and Sports, and since January 2024 he has been Minister of Sports of Uzbekistan. He headed the national delegation at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro and the 2024 Games in Paris, and in November 2022 was elected Honorary First Vice-President of the International Kurash Association.

He holds the Order «Fidokorona xizmatlari uchun» (2011), the Order of Labor Glory (2018) and the honorary title Honoured Healthcare Worker of Uzbekistan (2024). According to the government portal gov.uz, he was Minister of Sports on 9 October 2026.