Elyor Ganiyev
Uzbek statesman who served as minister of foreign economic relations (1997–2002), foreign minister (2005–2006, 2010–2012) and deputy prime minister in 2019–2020.
- Occupation:
- Politician, Minister
- Born:
- 1960
- Birthplace:
- Syrdarya
Biography
Elyor Ganiyev was born in 1960 in Sirdaryo region. In 1981 he graduated from the Tashkent Polytechnic Institute as a geological engineer and worked there as a lecturer. He served in the army in 1984–1990.
From 1990 he worked in the state committee and then the ministry for foreign economic relations, becoming first deputy minister by 1997. He was minister of foreign economic relations in 1997–2002.
In 2002–2005 he was deputy prime minister and head of the foreign economic relations complex. He was foreign minister in 2005–2006 and 2010–2012, and minister of foreign economic relations, investment and trade in 2006–2009 and 2012–2017; in 2009–2010 he also served as deputy prime minister. In 2017 he was minister of foreign trade.
In 2017–2019 he worked in the Office of the President: first as head of a sector of the Security Council apparatus, then as deputy adviser to the president on socio-economic issues. In January 2019 he was appointed deputy prime minister for investment and foreign economic relations.
In January 2020 he was appointed minister of transport; on 8 August 2020 he was released from the post in connection with a move to other work. Open sources contain no record of his appointments after that.
Education
- Tashkent Polytechnic InstituteUniversity · Tashkent · 1981 · Geological engineer
Career
- Office of the President of Uzbekistan2017–2018 — head of a sector of the Security Council apparatus; 2018–2019 — deputy adviser to the president on socio-economic issues · Tashkent · 2017–2019
- Cabinet of Ministers of Uzbekistan2002–2005 — deputy prime minister (foreign economic relations); 2009–2010 — deputy prime minister and minister; 2010–2012 — deputy prime minister; 2019–2020 — deputy prime minister for investment and foreign economic relations · Tashkent · 2002–2020
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of UzbekistanMinister of Foreign Affairs (2005–2006, 2010–2012) · Tashkent · 2005–2012Everyone who held this post →
- Ministry of Transport of the Republic of UzbekistanMinister · Tashkent · 2020–2020Everyone who held this post →
- Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations, Investment and Trade of UzbekistanMinister (2006–2009, 2012–2017) · Tashkent · 2006–2017Everyone who held this post →
- Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations of UzbekistanMinister · Tashkent · 1997–2002Everyone who held this post →
Life path
- 1960Birth
Born in Sirdaryo region.
- 1981Graduation
Graduated from the Tashkent Polytechnic Institute as a geological engineer.
- 1984–1990Military service
Served in the army.
- 1990–1992State Committee for Foreign Economic Relations
Senior referent to the committee leadership.
- 1992–1997Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations
Department head, deputy minister, then first deputy minister.
- 1997–2002Minister of Foreign Economic Relations
Minister of foreign economic relations of Uzbekistan.
- 2002–2005Deputy prime minister
Head of the foreign economic relations complex.
- 2005–2006Foreign minister
Deputy prime minister and foreign minister.
- 2006–2009Minister of Foreign Economic Relations, Investment and Trade
Headed the ministry.
- 2009–2010Deputy prime minister
Deputy prime minister and minister of foreign economic relations, investment and trade.
- 2010–2012Foreign minister
Deputy prime minister and foreign minister.
- 2012–2017Minister of Foreign Economic Relations, Investment and Trade
Headed the ministry again.
- 2017Minister of Foreign Trade
Minister of foreign trade.
- 2017–2018Office of the President
Head of a sector of the Security Council apparatus.
- 2018–2019Deputy adviser to the president
Deputy adviser to the president on socio-economic issues.
- 2019–2020Deputy prime minister
For investment and foreign economic relations.
- 2020Minister of Transport
January to August; released in connection with a move to other work.