A devotee of our national culture and art has died

Honored cultural worker of the Republic of Uzbekistan, chairman of the Committee on Youth, Culture and Sports of the Senate of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Bakhtiyor Sayfullayev died at the age of 72. This was reported by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. Bakhtiyor Sayfullayev was born on April 1, 1951 in Tashkent. In 1972, he graduated from the Tashkent State Institute of Theater and Fine Arts. Bakhtiyor Sayfullayev, who started his career in 1972 as an actor and director of the Republican Theater of Young Audiences, later served as the Minister of Culture of the Republic of Uzbekistan. Bakhtiyor Sayfullayev was the author of more than 500 large public holiday events and scripts. He wrote more than 10 manuals, monographs, and more than 100 scientific articles on the development of national culture and art. According to information, Bakhtiyor Sayfullev was the first deputy minister of culture and sports since 2005. Since 2012, he has been working as the rector of the State Institute of Art and Culture of Uzbekistan. In August 2017, he was appointed as the Minister of Culture and Rector of the State Conservatory of Uzbekistan. On January 18, 2020, he was appointed a senator by the decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, and on January 20, at the first plenary session of the new Senate, he was elected as the chairman of the Youth, Culture and Sports Committee. The achievements of the well-known state and public figure B. Saifullayev in the course of his effective activities for the development of our country were recognized by the leadership of our country, and he was awarded the honorary title of Honored Cultural Worker of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Artist of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, and He was awarded the Order of "Labour Fame". Bakhtiyor Sayfullayev was a person who showed enthusiasm for the development of our national culture, promoting its achievements at the international level, as a leading representative of the creative intellectuals of our country, he was a particularly valuable person for our people and his students.

Source: UzA