Tanzila Narbayeva

Tanzila Kamalovna Narbayeva was born on 24 July 1956 in the Shahrikhan district of the Andijan region. She graduated from Tashkent State University (now the National University of Uzbekistan) in 1981 and holds the degree of Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences.

She began working in 1974 at School No. 1 in Shahrikhan. In Tashkent she later worked as a schoolteacher, deputy head of a school and director of a schoolchildren's house, and then in party and state bodies. From 1995 to 2010 she worked in the apparatus of the Cabinet of Ministers.

From December 2010 to 2016 she chaired the Federation of Trade Unions of Uzbekistan, and from December 2016 to June 2019 she chaired the Women's Committee of Uzbekistan with the rank of deputy prime minister.

On 20 June 2019 she was included in the Senate of the Oliy Majlis by presidential decree, and the next day, 21 June, was elected Chair of the Senate, the first woman in that office. In January 2020 she was elected senator from the city of Tashkent and confirmed again as Chair; on 19 November 2024 she was re-elected to the post by secret ballot.

Her state awards include the Shuhrat Medal (2000), the Order of Mehnat Shuhrati (2010) and the Order of El-Yurt Hurmati (2026).