Mukhsinkhuja Tursunkhujaevich Abdurakhmonov has been appointed the new director of the Migration Agency under the Cabinet of Ministers. This was announced by presidential press secretary Sherzod Asadov, citing a corresponding decree by President Shavkat Mirziyoyev.
Bekhzod Anvarovich Musayev was relieved of the position “in connection with his transfer to another job”. As of the time of publication, his new position had not been announced.
Bekhzod Musayev had headed the Migration Agency since September 2024, when it was transferred from the Ministry of Employment and Poverty Reduction to the direct supervision of the Cabinet of Ministers.
Before that, he served as Minister of Employment and Poverty Reduction, Minister of Health, Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the State Tax Committee.
Who Is Mukhsinkhuja Abdurakhmonov?
Since July 2021, Abdurakhmonov had served as Uzbekistan’s Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Japan. Prior to that, he worked at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From 2018 to 2021, he served as Deputy Governor of Fergana Region and Head of the Department for Investment and Foreign Trade.
The new head of the Migration Agency was born in 1974 in Fergana Region. He graduated from California State University, Chico, in the United States and Otaru University of Commerce in Japan. He also earned a doctoral degree from Hokkaido University.
From 2004 to 2006, Abdurakhmonov worked as a manager at Coca-Cola Ichimligi O‘zbekiston. From 2006 to 2008, he was an assistant professor at Hokkaido University. Between 2008 and 2018, he headed the Japanese company MTRUST Co. Ltd.
Abdurakhmonov speaks Russian, Tajik, English, Japanese and Arabic. He is married and has four children.
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