Shavkat Mirziyayev

Shavkat Mirziyayev (born 1957) is the Prime Minister of Uzbekistan. He was nominated by the President, Islam Karimov on December 12, 2003 and agreed by the Uzbek parliament. He replaces fired Prime Minister, Utkir Sultanov.

Before his appointment he had been governor of Jizzakh, then Samarkand.