The decree, No. UP-243, was signed on November 10, 2026, and took effect the following day.
The mayor’s office will have a staff of 14, including a first deputy mayor, two other deputy mayors, an assistant, a press service head and an organizational and oversight group.
A further 30 staff positions will be allocated across 16 local branches of government agencies and organizations. These positions will be created within the existing staffing limits of the respective agencies.
The New Tashkent mayor’s office will operate until the city is formally established as a separate administrative-territorial unit.
Within the territories transferred to the New Tashkent Directorate for permanent use, the mayor’s office and government agencies will be authorized to make independent decisions on matters falling within the remit of the Tashkent regional administration and its district authorities.
The mayor’s office will be funded from the national budget. Until permanent premises are provided, it and the relevant government agencies will be temporarily housed in the former New Tashkent project office building, which they will be allowed to use free of charge.
The Prosecutor General’s Office, the Interior Ministry, the Justice Ministry, the Emergency Situations Ministry and other law enforcement agencies have been instructed to establish their local branches in the city within one month.
The Cabinet of Ministers must develop organizational and technical measures to establish the mayor’s office within 10 days and submit proposals on New Tashkent’s administrative-territorial status within three months.
