In Uzbekistan, new deputy ministers for employment and poverty reduction have been appointed.

Zafar Azimov has been appointed the First Deputy Minister of Employment and Poverty Reduction. Previously, he held the position of First Deputy Chairman of the Board of the Joint-Stock Commercial People's Bank of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

Sirojiddin Bobokulov has been appointed Acting Deputy Minister of Employment and Poverty Reduction. Before this appointment, he led the department for external labor migration issues within the "Mahalla Seven" department of youth policy and culture in the Secretariat of the Prime Minister of Uzbekistan.

Additionally, Alisher Muratov has been appointed Acting Deputy Minister of Employment and Poverty Reduction; he previously served as the First Deputy Chairman of the Business Development Bank.

It is worth noting that the new head of the agency, Botir Zokhidov, was confirmed as the Minister of Employment and Poverty Reduction in September of this year.