«The goal is to increase the effectiveness and level of reforms», Shavkat Mirziyoyev

An extraordinary session of the Surkhandarya Regional Kengash of People's Deputies was held in the city of Termez.

The head of state started his speech by expressing his respect for the people of the region and noted that the region has been delivering high results in various spheres and sectors.

"I am happy to see you on this beautiful spring day, on the eve of major holidays. Today, we are to consider the appointment of the governor of the region and set new tasks. The aim is to raise the effectiveness and the level of reforms, set ambitious targets and corresponding actions, get closer to the people and make them happy," the President said.

The session considered organizational issues. The head of our state recommended Ulugbek Kosimov for the post of Surkhandarya region hokim.

U.Kosimov was born in 1983. Until 2018, he worked as hokim of Muzrabat and Denaw districts of the region, in 2018-2022 he worked as prosecutor of Surkhandarya and Ferghana regions and Tashkent city.

Since December last year, he has been acting hokim of Surkhandarya region.

In addition to the 1.5 trillion UZS envisaged by the state programmes for the current year, 465 billion UZS have been allocated for solving social problems in Surkhandarya province. It has also been instructed to attract an additional 328 million soums in the agro-industrial complex, drinking water supply projects and entrepreneurship.

The head of our state underlined that the plans voiced at the session should be materialized, the responsible agencies along with the new hokim of the region should faithfully serve the people.