In accordance with the relevant decision of the President, Avazjon Kudratillayevich Karimov has been appointed deputy minister of sports. The press service of the ministry reported.
Avazjon Karimov was born in 1983 in Tashkent city. He graduated from the Tashkent State University of Economics in 2005, the Uzbekistan State University of Physical Education in 2016, and the Uzbekistan State University of Physical Education and Sports in 2021.
He began his professional career in 2006 as the deputy head of the National Karate Federation and has since worked in various leadership positions.
Between 2019−2020, he was the director of the Republican College of Olympic Reserves, between 2020−2021, he served as the deputy minister of physical culture and sports, between 2021−2022, he was the deputy minister of tourism and sports, and between 2022−2023, he was an advisor to the minister for the development of sports, from 2023 — 2024, he served as an advisor to the minister of youth policy and sports.
Before his appointment, Karimov was acting as an advisor to the minister of sports.
