Muzraf Ikramov

Muzraf Muborakhodjayevich Ikramov was born in Tashkent on 14 September 1973. He graduated from the Tashkent State Law Institute (now a university) as a lawyer in 1995 and from the Academy of State and Public Construction under the President of Uzbekistan in 2007.

He began his career at the Ministry of Justice in 1995, as senior and then chief consultant in the unit that carried out legal review of draft laws and regulations on economic reform. In 1997–2003 he headed a department and then the directorate for state registration of departmental regulations, and acted as head of the Main Directorate of Legislation. In 2003–2008 he led the ministry’s Main Directorate of Legislation and its Centre for Legal Information.

In 2008–2012 he headed the legal review department in the Cabinet of Ministers’ directorate for legal review and international treaties. In 2012–2013 he worked in the Presidential Office, running the sector responsible for cooperation with the Legislative Chamber and the Senate of the Oliy Majlis. From 2013 he was First Deputy Minister of Justice.

By a presidential decree of 11 February 2015 Ikramov was appointed Minister of Justice of Uzbekistan, a post he held until August 2017, when he became Chairman of the Accounts Chamber. He led the chamber until March 2019.

In 2019–2020 he headed the Kashkadarya regional justice department. In May 2020 a presidential resolution appointed him Deputy Minister of Justice of Uzbekistan.

In 2007 he received the Shuhrat medal, and by a presidential decree of 25 August 2014 he was given the honorary title Honoured Lawyer of Uzbekistan.