Qallibek Kamolov

Qallibek Kamolov
First Secretary of the
Karakalpak Regional Committee of the Communist Party of Uzbekistan
In office
March 1963 – 13 August 1984
Preceded byNosir Mahmudov
Succeeded byKakimbek Saliqov
Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Karakalpak ASSR
In office
31 March 1959 – 16 March 1963
Preceded byNavro‘z Japakov
Succeeded byYerejep Aytmuratov
Personal details
BornQallibek Kamolovich Kamolov
(1926-03-18)18 March 1926
Taxtakópir District, Karakalpak AO, Kazakh ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died11 February 2026(2026-02-11) (aged 99)
Nukus, Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan
PartyCPSU
EducationKarakalpak State Pedagogical Institute
OccupationTeacher

Qallibek Kamolovich Kamolov (Karakalpak: Қәллибек Камалов, romanized: Qállibek Kamalov; 18 March 1926 – 11 February 2026) was an Uzbek politician. A member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, he served as Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Karakalpak ASSR from 1959 to 1963 and was the longest-serving First Secretary of the Karakalpak Regional Committee of the Communist Party of Uzbekistan, having held the position from 1963 to 1984. His brother, Temur Kamalov and his son Murat Kamalov also held the position of Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Karakalpakstan from 1997 to 2002 and from 2020 to 2022.[1]

Kamolov died in Nukus on 11 February 2026, at the age of 99.[2]

Awards and honours

Stripped of all titles on 15 June 1990 by the President of the USSR regarding the Uzbek cotton scandal.

References

  1. ^ "Владимир Плетинский - Из былого". Shintorg (in Russian).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  2. ^ "Qallibek Kamalov vafot etgani aytilmoqda". Gazeta.uz (in Uzbek). 11 February 2026. Retrieved 11 February 2026.