Usmankhan Alimov

[1] Alimov was born on 1 January 1950 in the town of Ishtikhon in Samarqand Region.

His religion education he acquired in Miri Arab madrassah in Bukhara in 1982-1983.

And later he graduated at Tashkent Islam Institution named after Imom al-Bukhari in 1987.

Starting from January 2000 he was appointed Grand Mufti of Samarkand Region (Viloyat).

Following the resignation on grounds of health of Chief Mufti Abdurashid Bahromov, the Mejlis of Ulama of Uzbekistan elected Alimov Chief Mufti of Uzbekistan on 8 August 2006, a post he held until his death.