Jurabek Mirzamahmudov

Jurabek Mirzamahmudov was born in 1979. He studied at the Tashkent Institute of Chemical Technology and at the University of Alabama in the United States, which, according to press reports, he completed with a bachelor's degree in 2001.

He began his career in 2001 as an engineer at the Bukhara oil refinery. He then worked at Uzlitneftegaz and at the national holding Uzbekneftegaz, served as deputy minister of economy and industry in 2012–2014, and as deputy chairman of the board of the state company Uzkimyosanoat in 2014–2017.

In 2017–2018 he headed the information and analysis department of the Cabinet of Ministers. From 2018 he led the Uzatom agency, and in 2019–2020 he was first deputy minister of energy. From November 2020 he chaired the board of Uzkimyosanoat.

In September 2022 he was appointed Minister of Energy and also served as a deputy prime minister. In 2024 he was awarded the Order of Friendship (Dustlik) on the 33rd anniversary of independence.

By presidential decree of 27 July 2026 he was relieved of the post of energy minister, and Sherzod Khodjayev was appointed in his place. According to Wikipedia, he is a member of the Liberal Democratic Party of Uzbekistan.