Jamshid Kuchkarov

Jamshid Kuchkarov was born on 19 October 1964 in Kattakurgan, Samarkand Region. He graduated from the Tashkent Institute of National Economy (now the Tashkent State University of Economics) in 1985, served in the army in 1985–1987 and then did postgraduate studies. He lectured at the same institute in 1990–1993 and holds a candidate of economic sciences degree. In 1996 he completed studies at a university in the US state of Colorado.

From 1993 he worked at the Central Bank of Uzbekistan, serving as deputy chairman in 1996–1997. From 1997 he was Deputy Minister of Finance and head of the State Budget Main Department, a post he held until 2005. In 2015–2016 he was again Deputy Minister and then First Deputy Minister of Finance.

On 28 November 2017 he was appointed Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, overseeing macroeconomic analysis and forecasting, financial and banking reform and private business development. In January 2020 he was confirmed as Deputy Prime Minister for financial and economic affairs and poverty reduction, and on 24 February he became head of the Ministry of Economy and Industry (renamed the Ministry of Economic Development and Poverty Reduction in March), which he led until the end of 2022.

Since 3 August 2023 he has been Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance; he kept the post in the Cabinet approved by the Legislative Chamber in November 2024. He received the Order of Labour Glory (Mehnat shuhrati) in 2019 and the honorary title Honoured Economist of Uzbekistan in 2024.