Rahmonbek Usmanov

Rahmonbek Usmonov was born on 24 April 1960 in Tashkent. He graduated from the Tashkent Automobile and Road Institute in 1982 as a mechanical engineer.

He began his career at Tashkent motor transport enterprises. In 2001–2003 he was first deputy khokim of the Mirzo Ulugbek district and in 2003–2005 khokim of the Yakkasaray district. In 2005–2011 he was first deputy khokim of Tashkent, responsible for capital construction, utilities and landscaping.

He acted as khokim of Tashkent from February 2011 and was formally appointed on 16 March 2012, serving until 26 April 2018.

From April to October 2018 he was first deputy head of the Uzbekistan Automobile Transport Agency (Uzavtotrans). In October 2018 he was appointed khokim of the Yunusabad district of Tashkent.

In January 2021 he was appointed deputy minister of transport. In June 2021 he was appointed head of the Tashkent Metro, and in February 2022 he was still reported in this post in connection with a memorandum on metro development.

In 2008 he was awarded the Order of Labour Glory (Mehnat shuhrati).