Anvar Alimov

Anvar Alimov was born on 19 June 1955 in Tashkent. From 1972 to 1978 he studied at the Central Asian Medical Pediatric Institute (now the Tashkent Pediatric Medical Institute) and graduated in paediatrics with a distinction diploma; he then completed a clinical residency in paediatric anaesthesiology and resuscitation, which lasted until 1980.

He began his academic career in the department of paediatric surgery of the same institute, as a resident, senior laboratory assistant and assistant lecturer. He defended his candidate’s dissertation in 1981. From 1987 to 1993 he worked at the Tashkent Institute for the Advanced Training of Doctors as assistant, docent, head of the teaching and methodological centre and dean of the paediatric faculty.

In 1993–1994 he headed the Ministry of Health’s main directorate for the protection of motherhood and childhood. In 1994 he defended his doctoral dissertation and received the titles of doctor of medical sciences and professor. From 1994 to 1999 he worked in the Office of the President of Uzbekistan as consultant and lead consultant.

He was rector of the Tashkent Pediatric Medical Institute from 1999 to 2009, then first deputy minister of health (2009–2012). In August 2012 a presidential decree appointed him Minister of Health of Uzbekistan, and he held the post until 13 December 2016, sitting in the Cabinet of Ministers during that period.

From 2016 to 2020 he was director of the Republican Specialised Scientific and Practical Medical Centre of Endocrinology. In July 2020 a presidential decree awarded him the honorary title “Honoured Health Worker of Uzbekistan” for his work during the coronavirus pandemic. In November 2020 he was appointed deputy minister of health and head of the Tashkent city main health directorate.