Bakhodir Kurbanov

Bahodir Qurbonov (Bakhodir Kurbanov) was born in 1969 in Zaamin District, Jizzakh Region. He did his military service in 1987–1989 and graduated from the Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Uzbekistan in 1994.

He began as an investigator in Jizzakh (1994–1996) and later headed district police departments in Jizzakh and Gallaorol. In 2008 he became first deputy head of the Main Patrol Service Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and headed the Namangan Region police department the same year.

From December 2013 to December 2015 he was Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs. In 2015 he headed the Main Department of Internal Affairs of Tashkent city.

In 2018–2019 he commanded the Tashkent Military District. On 11 February 2019 he was appointed Minister of Defence of Uzbekistan, a post he held until November 2024.

From 15 August 2020 to 10 October 2025 he headed the Uzbekistan Mixed Martial Arts Association.

On 23 November 2024 he was appointed Chairman of the State Security Service of Uzbekistan, succeeding Abdusalom Azizov. As of January 2026 he holds this post.

On 22 February 2025 he was elected President of the Football Association of Uzbekistan, and he was re-elected at the reporting and election congress on 30 January 2026.

Military ranks: major general (2017), lieutenant general (2021), colonel general (January 2025).