Thu 06 2017 09:11:34

Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- On 6 June, Council of Senate of Oliy Majlis of Uzbekistan appointed the chairman of the board of the Central Bank of Uzbekistan.

According to the resolution of the Council, Mamarizo Nurmuratov was appointed as the chairman of the board of the Central Bank of Uzbekistan.

Before this appointment, Mamarizo Nurmuratov was chairman of the Senate Committee on Budget and Economic Reforms. In 2006-2017, he was an advisor to the chairman of the Central Bank.

Nurmuratov worked as hokim of Samarkand region in 2014-2016. He was also the head of the Ministry of Finance of Uzbekistan from 2000 to 2004.

Mamarizo Nurmuratov replaced Fayzulla Mullajanov at the post of the chairman of the board of the Central Bank, who died at the age of 67 in the end of May. Mullajanov headed the Central Bank from 1991.