MPs approve Aziz Voitov’s candidacy for Minister of Agriculture

On August 29, deputies of the Legislative Chamber of Oliy Majlis approved the candidacy of Aziz Voitov for the post of Minister of Agriculture.

Photo: Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis

Aziz Voitov currently works as First Deputy Minister of Investments and Foreign Trade. He took up this position in March 2020.

Previously, he served as Board Chairman of Sanoat qurilish bank.

Aziz Voitov was born in 1980. In 2001, he graduated from the Tashkent Institute of Finance, and in 2010 – from the Higher Business School at the Academy of Public Administration.

For a long time, he worked in various positions in the system of the National Bank of Uzbekistan.

It should be recalled that in mid-July this year, the former Minister of Agriculture Jamshid Khodjaev became Deputy Prime Minister for Investments and Foreign Economic Relations - Minister of Investments and Foreign Trade.