Botir Qudratkhujaev has been appointed Minister of Defense of Uzbekistan.

Botir Bahromovich Qudratxo‘jayev has been appointed Minister of Defense of Uzbekistan. A corresponding presidential decree has been signed.

Shuhrat Xolmuhammedov was relieved of his duties as Minister of Defense due to a transfer to another position. He had been appointed to this role in November 2024; prior to that, he served as First Deputy Minister of Defense and Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces.

Botir Qudratxo‘jayev began his career in 1997 at the Military Prosecutor's Office of Uzbekistan. He subsequently served as an investigative criminalist at the Fergana Region Military Prosecutor's Office, a senior investigator in the Tashkent Military District, and the Military Prosecutor of the Tashkent Region.

In November 2022, he was appointed Deputy Prosecutor General and Military Prosecutor of Uzbekistan. In February 2025, he assumed the position of Minister of Emergency Situations and was awarded the military rank of Major General. He was relieved of this post in January 2026.