Ministry of Education and Science: deputies appointed
Three new appointments were made at the ministry by presidential decree.
In accordance with the relevant decision of the President, new appointments were made at the Ministry of Education and Science. Oybek Yo'ldoshev was appointed First Deputy Minister, while Mehriniso Pardayeva and Sanjar Mirzaliyev were appointed Deputy Ministers.
Oybek Yo'ldoshev had been working since 2018 as Director of the Public Sector, Infrastructure and ESG Consulting Practice at "PwC Uzbekistan".
He began his professional career in 1998 at "Koskom" company. In 2003, he completed a master's degree in economics at Leeds University Business School in the United Kingdom and worked as a lecturer at the University of Westminster in Tashkent. In 2012, he defended his doctoral dissertation in economics in Milan.
Prior to her appointment, Mehriniso Pardayeva had been serving since 2021 as Head of Department at the Republican Scientific-Methodological Center for Education Development. She holds a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in pedagogical sciences. Pardayeva was awarded the "20th Anniversary of the Independence of the Republic of Uzbekistan" badge in 2011 and the "Excellence in Public Education" badge in 2012.
Sanjar Mirzaliyev had been serving since May 2026 as Executive Director of the Belarus–Uzbekistan Joint Intersectoral Practical Technical Qualifications Institute.
He completed his bachelor's and doctoral (PhD) studies at Turin Polytechnic University in Tashkent. From March 2020 to September 2022, he served as Head of the Research, Innovation and Doctoral Studies Department at Tashkent State University of Economics.
