Farhod Umarov
Financier and public official. Acting governor of Bukhara Region in 2020, hokim of Vobkent district in 2021–2024 and of G'ijduvon district since November 2025.
- Occupation:
- Politician, Governor
- Born:
- 1977
Biography
Farhod Umarov was born in 1977. He graduated from the Bukhara Institute of Food and Light Industry Technology in 1999 and from the Tashkent Finance Institute in 2007.
He worked in the financial system: head of the Treasury department of the Ministry of Finance for Bukhara Region and head of the finance department of the regional khokimiyat. In 2015–2017 he was a deputy of the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis.
From 2017 he was first deputy governor of Bukhara Region for financial and economic affairs and poverty reduction.
In August–November 2020 he served as acting governor of Bukhara Region.
He was hokim of Vobkent district in 2021–2024. In November 2025 the G'ijduvon district council considered his appointment as district hokim; an official notice of August 2026 lists him in that post.
Education
- Tashkent Finance InstituteUniversity · Tashkent · 2007
- Bukhara Institute of Food and Light Industry TechnologyUniversity · Bukhara · 1999
Career
- Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis of UzbekistanDeputy · Tashkent · 2015–2017
- Bukhara Regional HokimiyatFirst deputy governor (2017–2021); acting governor (2020) · Bukhara · 2017–2021
- Vobkent District KhokimiyatDistrict hokim · Vobkent District · 2021–2024Everyone who held this post →
- G'ijduvon District KhokimiyatDistrict hokim · G'ijduvon District · 2025–presentEveryone who held this post →
Life path
- 2015–2017Deputy of the Oliy Majlis
Deputy of the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis of Uzbekistan.
- 2017–2021First deputy governor of Bukhara Region
For financial and economic affairs and poverty reduction.
- 2020Acting governor of Bukhara Region
August–November 2020.
- 2021–2024Hokim of Vobkent district
Served as district hokim.
- 2025Hokim of G'ijduvon district
Appointment considered in November 2025; listed in the post in an August 2026 official notice.