Malika Kadirxanova
Uzbek statesman and businesswoman, a member of the Senate of the Oliy Majlis since 2020; in 2021 she was elected chair of the Senate committee on women and gender equality.
- Occupation:
- Politician, Legislator
- Born:
- 1967
- Birthplace:
- Tashkent
Biography
Malika Akbarovna Qodirxonova was born in Tashkent. From 2015 to 2019 she headed the Tashkent Region Centre for Supporting Women's Entrepreneurship. According to the press, the number of women entrepreneurs in the region rose from 300 in 2015 to more than 4,000 in 2019, and an association of women entrepreneurs with disabilities was set up there.
She received the Do'stlik (Friendship) Order in 2018. In 2020 she was elected to the Senate of the Oliy Majlis, fourth convocation. In February 2021 the Senate elected her chair of its Committee on Women and Gender Equality.
As of 2026 she is a senator working on a permanent basis in the Senate committee on youth, women, culture and sport. On 22 August 2026 she was awarded the Order of Labour Glory by presidential decree.
Career
- Senate of the Oliy Majlis of UzbekistanSenator; elected in 2021 chair of the Committee on Women and Gender Equality · Tashkent · 2020–present
- Tashkent Region Centre for Supporting Women's EntrepreneurshipHead · Tashkent Region · 2015–2019Everyone who held this post →
Awards
Order of Labor Glory2026 · Uzbekistan
Order «Do'stlik» (Friendship)2018 · Uzbekistan
Life path
- 2015Head of the Tashkent Region Centre for Supporting Women's Entrepreneurship
Held the post until 2019.
- 2018Do'stlik (Friendship) Order
State award.
- 2020Member of the Senate of the Oliy Majlis
Elected to the fourth-convocation Senate.
- 2021Chair of a Senate committee
Elected in February 2021 chair of the Committee on Women and Gender Equality.
- 2026Order of Labour Glory
Presidential decree of 22 August.