Sherzod Shermatov

Sherzod Shermatov was born on 7 April 1977 in Tashkent. He graduated from Tashkent State Technical University in 1998 and completed his studies at Yale University in the United States in 2000. He began his career in 2000 as chief economist in the currency economy directorate of the Ministry of Finance, and in 2001–2002 worked as a leading and then chief specialist at the Cabinet of Ministers.

In 2004–2008 he worked on projects of the United Nations Development Programme and the Uzbek government on developing information and communication technologies, including as coordinator of the Digital Development Initiative. In 2008–2010 he worked in the information and analytical department of the Cabinet's staff, and in 2010–2012 as an inspector in the organizational and personnel service of the Presidential Administration.

In 2012–2014 he was deputy chairman of the State Committee for Communications, Informatization and Telecommunication Technologies, and in 2014–2016 rector of Inha University in Tashkent. From November 2016 he was first deputy minister for the development of information technologies and communications, and in 2017–2018 acting minister.

From 20 June 2018 to 17 November 2021 he was Minister of Public Education. On 17 November 2021 he was appointed Minister for the Development of Information Technologies and Communications; since the ministry was renamed in late 2022 he has headed the Ministry of Digital Technologies.

In August 2026, under a presidential decree marking 35 years of independence, he was awarded the Order of Labor Glory.