Ilgizar Sobirov

Ilgizar Sobirov
Илгизар Собиров
Sobirov in 2013
Chairman of the Senate of Uzbekistan
In office
24 February 2006 – 22 January 2015
PresidentIslam Karimov
Prime MinisterShavkat Mirziyoyev
Preceded byMurat Sharifkhodjayev
Succeeded byNigmatilla Yuldashev
Hokim of the Khorezm region
In office
4 September 2017 – 21 April 2018
PresidentShavkat Mirziyoyev
Prime MinisterAbdulla Aripov
Preceded byPulat Bobojonov
Succeeded byFarhod Ermanov
Personal details
Born (1959-02-20) 20 February 1959
Qoʻshkoʻpir District, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union
PartyMilliy Tiklanish
Alma materTashkent State University

Ilgizar Matyakubovich Sobirov (Uzbek: Илгизар Матёқубович Собиров; born 20 February 1959) is an Uzbek lawyer and politician. He served as Chairman of the Senate of Uzbekistan from 2006 to 2015 under President Islam Karimov, and afterwards was Hokim of the Khorezm region from 2017 to 2018.

Early life

Sobirov was born on 20 February 1959 in the Qoʻshkoʻpir District, which was then part of the Uzbek SSR in the Soviet Union.[1] From 1975 to 1980 he worked in the collective farm named after I. Ibragimov in his native Qoʻshkoʻpir District.[2] He then attended and graduated from the Faculty of Law at Tashkent State University, where he was the Secretary of the Komsomol organization there.[2]

Career

After graduating, he worked as an employee of the Department of Criminal Law and Criminology, then as a researcher at the Institute of Philosophy and Law of the Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan.[2] He then worked as a Senior Assistant to the then Chairman of the Supreme Court of Uzbekistan and as the Vice-Rector of the Faculty of Law at his alma mater from 1993 to 1994.[2] He then worked with in some capacity to the Supreme Economic Court and to the Presidential Administration.[3] For a year afterwards, he was the Head of the Department of Justice of the Khorezm Region.[2] From 2000 to 2003 he served in the then unicameral parliament, Oliy Majlis, and was on the Committee on Defense and Security and on Legislation and Judicial Affairs.[2]

He left the legislature in 2003 to become the Hokim (Governor) of the Qoʻshkoʻpir District for two years.[4] In 2005, he was elected to the newly formed Senate following the reforms that created it representing the Qoʻshkoʻpir District.[4] On 24 February 2006, on the recommendation of the President after Murat Sharifkhodjayev resigned from the position of Chairman of the Senate due to his deteroirating health, Sobirov was appointed the new Chairman.[5]

During his terms as Chairman, he signed agreements of cooperation with Russia.[6] He also expressed internet in joining the Russian-led Customs Union after a meeting a Russian delegation.[7] However, this was contradicted later by Sodiq Safoyev, who said Uzbekistan would not join the organization and had not changed its position.[7] In 2012, he pushed for rational use of water resources as opposed to a unilateral hydropower project, a view that would be reiterated by the president.[8] In studies on if anybody was to succeed Karimov during this time, Sobirov was pointed out as a likely candidate, but his level of support has been uncertain.[9] Most have viewed him, if he were to succeed, as a placeholder not to challenge the successor in a managed replacement election.[10]

In 2015, he stepped down from the position, and was succeeded by Nigmatilla Yuldashev.[11] He then worked as the Head of the Justice Department for the Khorezm Region.[12] In accordance with Presidential Decree No. PF-5182 dated 4 September 2017 Sobirov was appointed Acting Hokim of the Khorezm Region.[13] He was officially appointed Hokim on 14 October 2017.[14] On 21 April 2018 he was dismissed from this post for health reasons.[15]

Since 29 September 2018 he has been the Chairman of the District Criminal Court of Chilanzar, which is located in Tashkent.[16]

References

  1. ^ "Бывший глава Сената, экс-хоким Хорезмской области назначен на новую должность". Uz News (in Russian). 6 October 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2025.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "СОБИРОВ Илгизар Матякубович". web.archive.org. Archived from the original on 17 July 2015. Retrieved 29 November 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ^ "ИЛГИЗАР СОБИРОВ ВИЛОЯТ ҲОКИМИ ЛАВОЗИМИГА ТАЙИНЛАНДИ". Darakchi (in Uzbek). 15 October 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2025.
  4. ^ a b "Ilgizar Sobirov Xorazm viloyati hokimi vazifasini bajaruvchi etib tayinlandi". Daryo (in Uzbek). 4 September 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2025.
  5. ^ "O'zbekiston Senati raisi o'zgardi". Voice of America (in Uzbek). 25 February 2006. Retrieved 29 November 2025.
  6. ^ "MOSCOW STEPS UP ECONOMIC, POLITICAL TIES WITH UZBEKISTAN - Jamestown". Jamestown. 17 April 2006. Retrieved 29 November 2025.
  7. ^ a b "Uzbekistan Expresses Guarded Interest in Russia-Led Customs Union | Eurasianet". Eurasia Net. 13 November 2013. Retrieved 29 November 2025.
  8. ^ "Formulating Uzbekistan's Evolving Strategic Narrative (2016–2024)" (PDF). The Journal for Interdisciplinary Middle Eastern Studies. 10 (2): 135–168. 2024.
  9. ^ Atal, Subodh (2011). "Is a Central Asian Spring Likely?". Jindal Journal of International Affairs. 1 (1): 24. Retrieved 29 November 2025.
  10. ^ Ambrosio, Thomas (2 January 2015). "Leadership Succession in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan: Regime Survival after Nazarbayev and Karimov". Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies. 17 (1): 49–67. doi:10.1080/19448953.2014.986381. ISSN 1944-8953. Retrieved 29 November 2025.
  11. ^ "Uzbekistan's senate head may step in for ill president - World Bulletin". World Bulletin. 31 August 2016. Archived from the original on 1 September 2016. Retrieved 29 November 2025.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  12. ^ "Ilgizar Sobirov was appointed Chairman of the Chilanzar district criminal court". Kun. 6 October 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2025.
  13. ^ "Ilgizar Matyakubovich Sabirov Xorazm viloyati hokimi vazifasini bajaruvchi etib tayinlandi". GOV.UZ (in Uzbek). Retrieved 29 November 2025.
  14. ^ "New head of administration appointed in Uzbekistan's Khorezm region". Azernews. 15 October 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2025.
  15. ^ "Назначен и. о. хокима Хорезмской области". Газета (in Russian). 22 April 2018. Archived from the original on 23 April 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2025.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  16. ^ "Илгизар Собиров янги лавозимда иш бошлади". Xabar (in Uzbek). 6 October 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2025.
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