Alisher Sa'dullayev

Alisher Sa'dullayev was born on 11 July 1994 in Jizzakh Region, in Jizzakh District (now Sharof Rashidov District). He graduated from the Management Development Institute of Singapore in Tashkent in 2017. Before entering government service he headed the Result training centre.

In 2017 he became deputy minister of public education. In 2018 he was first deputy chairman of the Youth Union of Uzbekistan, and from August 2019 he chaired it. In 2019–2020 he was first deputy adviser to the President on youth, science, education, health, culture and sport.

In January 2020 he was appointed a member of the Senate of the Oliy Majlis by presidential decree. On 30 June 2020 the Youth Union was replaced by the Youth Affairs Agency, and he was appointed its director.

In December 2022, when the number of ministries and agencies was reduced, the agency was placed under the new Ministry of Youth Policy and Sports and he became its first deputy minister while keeping the agency post. In January 2024 the ministry was reorganized and the agency was placed under the Cabinet of Ministers.

In May 2022 he was elected chairman of the Uzbekistan Chess Federation. In October 2024 Abdulla Aripov was elected its chairman and Sa'dullayev became first deputy chairman.

In September 2025, as director of the agency, he met the UN Under-Secretary-General for youth affairs in New York.