Gofurjon Mirzayev

Gofurjon Mirzayev was born on 21 April 1964 in the Fergana region. He graduated from the Tashkent Polytechnic Institute in 1990 as an electrical engineer, from the Tashkent State University of Economics in 2000 (by correspondence, as an economist), and from the Academy of State and Public Construction under the President in 2003. He began as an equipment adjuster and then automation engineer at a grain-processing plant in the Bagdad district of the Fergana region, and from 1994 was deputy district hokim for construction, industry, transport and communications.

From 1997 he headed the main directorate for construction, new technologies and modernization at the state joint-stock company Uzdonmahsulot, and in 1998–2000 chaired the Fergana joint-stock association of grain producers. From 2003 he worked as an inspector and later chief inspector in the Presidential Administration, where he stayed until 2016.

On 15 December 2016 a presidential decree appointed him hokim of the Syrdarya region, a post he held until November 2022. He received the Order of Labor Glory in 2019 and was elected to the Senate of the Oliy Majlis in 2020.

On 24 November 2022 he was appointed adviser to the president on civil service, dialogue with the public and coordination of local authorities. From August 2023 he was adviser on personnel policy while also acting as director of the Civil Service Development Agency; from July 2025 he was adviser on personnel policy. In August 2026 he was awarded the Order for Selfless Service.

A presidential decree of 7 September 2026 created the post of deputy prime minister and head of the Association of Mahallas of Uzbekistan within the Cabinet of Ministers and appointed him to it.