Abdulla Nigʻmatovich Aripov

Biography

• Born on May 24, 1961, in the city of Tashkent.
• Education — higher. In 1983, graduated from the Tashkent Electrotechnical Institute of Communications (now Tashkent University of Information Technologies).
• 1983–1992 — First-class engineer at the Tashkent Telephone and Telegraph Station.
• 1992–1993 — Chief specialist at the Ministry of Communications of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
• 1993–1995 — Deputy Director of the foreign trade company “Uzimpeksaloqa.”
• 1995 — Head of the Construction and Supply Department at the Ministry of Communications of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
• 1995–1996 — General Director of the joint venture “TashAfinalAL.”
• 1996–1997 — Head of the Department of Privatization and Competition Development at the Ministry of Communications of Uzbekistan.
• 1997 — Head of the Department for Market Reforms and Securities at the Uzbekistan Post and Telecommunications Agency.
• 1997–2000 — Chairman of the State Fund for the Development of Postal Services and Telecommunications.
• 2000–2001 — Deputy Director of the Uzbekistan Post and Telecommunications Agency.
• 2001–2002 — Director of the Uzbekistan Post and Telecommunications Agency.
• 2002–2005 — Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Uzbekistan — Director General of the Uzbekistan Agency of Communications and Informatization.
• In 2004, defended his candidate dissertation on the topic "Problems of Improving the Management System in the Field of Information and Communication Technologies" in the specialty 08.00.05 – "Management" at the specialized council under the Tashkent University of Information Technologies.
• 2005–2012 — Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Uzbekistan, head of the complex for communications, telecommunications, social sphere, science, education, healthcare, and cultural affairs.
• From 2012 to 2016 — Head of the Department of Marketing and Management at the Tashkent University of Information Technologies.
• On September 13, 2016 — reappointed as Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Uzbekistan and appointed as head of the complex on youth policy, culture, information systems, and telecommunications.
• On December 12, 2016 — nominated for the position of Prime Minister by the Liberal Democratic Party of Uzbekistan. On December 14, approved for the position.