Abdulla Aripov

Abdulla Nigmatovich Aripov[1] (Uzbek: Абдулла Ниғматович Орипов, Abdulla Nigʻmatovich Oripov; Russian: Абдулла Нигматович Арипов, born 24 May 1962) is an Uzbek politician who serves as the prime minister of Uzbekistan, in office since 14 December 2016.

[2] Then from October 2009 – oversees the Social Sphere, Science, Education, Health, Culture and responsible for contacts with CIS-partners.

Then in a reshuffle in August 2012 he was appointed Head of Complex on Information Systems and Telecommunications.

[7] On 17 August 2024, Aripov went to Kabul, making him the highest-ranking foreign official to visit Afghanistan since the return of the Taliban in 2021.

He is a recipient of the state awards Ordens “Do’stlik” and “Mehnat shuhrati” (Friendship and Labor Glory).