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'''Ziroatkhon Mahmudovna Hoshimova''' ({{Lang-uz|Ziroatxon Mahmudovna Hoshimova}}), also shortened to '''Ziroat Mirziyoyeva''', is the [[First Lady of Uzbekistan]].
'''Ziroatkhon Mahmudovna Hoshimova''' (''Ziroatkhon Mirziyoyeva''{{efn|Ziroatkhon Hoshimova left her father's surname at marriage. However, in Uzbek media she is often referred to with her husband's surname — Mirziyoyeva.}}; [[Kokand]], [[Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic]], December 4, 1964) is the wife of the [[president of Uzbekistan]] and [[First ladies of Uzbekistan|first lady of Uzbekistan]] (since 2016).


==Biography==
== Biography ==
She was born in the city of [[Kokand]] in the [[Ferghana valley]] on 4 December 1957.{{Citation needed|date=November 2020}} Her father Mahmudjon Hoshimov was a wealthy official in the Fergana Valley, heading the Supply Department of the Central Asian Railway in Kokand.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Первая леди Узбекистана выходит из тени?|url=https://rus.ozodi.org/a/28731374.html|access-date=2020-11-23|website=Радио Озоди|language=ru}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.zakon.kz/4876387-ah-kakaya-zhenshchina-chto-nuzhno-znat.html|title = Ах, какая женщина: что нужно знать о супруге президента Узбекистана - Зироатхон Хошимовой|date = 5 September 2017}}</ref> She studied at the [[Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Melioration]] where she met her first husband.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.zakon.kz/4876387-ah-kakaya-zhenshchina-chto-nuzhno-znat.html|title=Ах, какая женщина: что нужно знать о супруге президента Узбекистана - Зироатхон Хошимовой|date=5 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tengrinews.kz/sng/pervaya-ledi-uzbekistana-vnov-prikovala-vnimanie-smi-325851/amp/|title=Первая леди Узбекистана вновь приковала внимание СМИ &#124; Tengrinews.kz}}</ref> According to some sources, the Ziroathon family opposed her marriage.<ref name=":0" /> She has a qualification of an engineer-economist.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://president.uz/en/lists/pages/biography |title=Biography |access-date=2020-11-22 |archive-date=2019-04-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426223608/https://www.president.uz/en/lists/pages/biography |url-status=dead }}</ref>


== First Lady ==
=== Early years and education ===
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[[File:First Lady of Azerbaijan Mehriban Aliyeva met with First Lady of Uzbekistan Ziroatkhon Mirziyoyeva 01.jpg|thumb|250x250px|alt=|First Lady of Azerbaijan Mehriban Aliyeva met with First Lady of Uzbeкistan Ziroatкhon Mirziyoyeva]]
She is married to [[Shavkat Mirziyoyev]], the current president of Uzbekistan and the former [[Prime Minister of Uzbekistan]]. During the Karimov era, while her husband was prime minister, she was not shown on state television and avoided public appearances.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://centre1.com/uzbekistan/ziroathon-hoshimova-zhena-shavkata-mirziyoeva-kto-ona/|title=Жена Шавката Мирзиёева Зироатхон Хошимова – кто она?|website=Центр-1 / Centre1.com - Новости|language=ru-RU|access-date=2017-11-26}}</ref> When her husband became president she accompanied him on several foreign trips abroad including trips to [[Kyrgyzstan]], [[China]], [[South Korea]], [[United States|the United States]], [[France]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Report |first=TGO Special |date=2022-11-27 |title=Two exhibitions from Uzbekistan will become the main museum attraction of Paris for the next six months |url=https://thegulfobserver.com/two-exhibitions-from-uzbekistan-will-become-the-main-museum-attraction-of-paris-for-the-next-six-months/ |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Gulf Observer |language=en-US}}</ref> and [[Turkey]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://globalvoices.org/2017/09/13/kyrgyzstan-and-uzbekistan-once-deadly-foes-now-bff/|title=Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan: Once Deadly Foes, Now BFF? · Global Voices|date=2017-09-13|work=Global Voices|access-date=2017-11-26|language=en}}</ref>


Ziroatkhon Hoshimova was born in the Uzbek city of [[Kokand]] into an influential and religious family. Her father was head of the Central Asian railway's supply department, which managed the 'Dorrestoran' catering and dining cars. Due to his access to deficit goods, Makhmudjon Khoshimov was a very influential and wealthy man in the [[Ferghana Valley]]. According to some reports, he owned 10 refrigerator wagons that were used to ship fruit and vegetables from the Uzbek SSR to other [[Soviet Union]] republics and to bring back manufactured goods.<ref name=hoshimova-ozodi>{{Cite web |url=https://rus.ozodi.org/a/28731374.html|title=Первая леди Узбекистана выходит из тени?|language=ru|trans-title=Is Uzbekistan's First Lady Stepping Out of the Shadows?|first=Hiromon| last=Bakozoda|publisher=Radio Ozodi|date=2017-09-12|access-date=19 February 2024}}</ref>
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=== Public work ===

She is the chairman of the board of trustees of the Zamin International Public Foundation. In an online speech on behalf of the foundation, she declared that having a disability "is no longer a medical issue, but a human rights issue"''.''<ref>{{Cite web|last=uz|first=Kun|title="Disability is a human rights issue" - Ziroat Mirziyoyeva calls for increased emphasis on inclusive education|url=https://kun.uz/en/news/2020/11/19/disability-is-a-human-rights-issue-ziroat-mirziyoyeva-calls-for-increased-emphasis-on-inclusive-education|access-date=2020-11-22|website=Kun.uz|language=en}}</ref>
Hoshimova enrolled at [[Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Agricultural Mechanization Engineers|TIIAME]], where she met [[Shavkat Mirziyoyev]], an employee of the university and its [[Komsomol]] secretary. Her family initially opposed their relationship, but eventually approved the marriage.<ref name=hoshimova-ozodi /> When she was still a student, Khoshimova had a daughter, [[Saida Mirziyoyeva|Saida]].<ref name="printsessa-bg" /> Khoshimova graduated in 1986 with a degree in economics engineering. She speaks Uzbek, Russian and English.<ref name=kun-zamin />

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=== Public and political activity ===

Her husband Shavkat Mirziyoyev became a deputy of the 12th convocation of the [[Supreme Soviet of the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic|Supreme Soviet of the Uzbek SSR]] in 1990, then he was a khokim of one of the districts of [[Tashkent]], a member of two convocations of the [[Oliy Majlis]], the 3rd khokim of [[Jizzakh Region]], the 4th khokim of [[Samarkand Region]]. After that, he was appointed [[Prime Minister of Uzbekistan]] in 2003 and retained this position until 2016.<ref name=bioshavkat-ozodi>{{Cite web|lang=ru|url= https://rus.azattyk.org/a/28090704.html|title=Shavkat Mirziyoyev bio (in rus)|publisher= Azattyk Radio|date=2016-11-02|access-date=2023-12-22}}</ref>.

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[[File:First Lady of Azerbaijan Mehriban Aliyeva met with First Lady of Uzbekistan Ziroatkhon Mirziyoyeva 01.jpg|thumb|250x250px|alt=|[[First Lady of Azerbaijan]] [[Mehriban Aliyeva]] meeting with First Lady of Uzbekistan Ziroatkhon Khoshimova, 2022]]
During presidency of [[Islam Karimov]], Hoshimova, as well as all her family members, lived a private life and did not participate in official events for fear of possible persecution by the president. The first mention of Ziroathon Khoshimova appeared in Shavkat Mirziyoyev's official biography only in November 2016, when he became a presidential candidate after Karimov's death.<ref name=hoshimova-ozodi />

Later, as the wife of the president, she began to appear regularly in public and accompany Shavkat Mirziyoyev on international visits.<ref name="family-azattyq" /> According to [[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty|Radio Ozodlik]], Hoshimova influences appointments in the Uzbek government, with her power is particularly strong in the [[Ministry of Public Health (Uzbekistan)|Ministry of Health]] and the pharmaceutical sector.<ref name="family-azattyq" />

Ziroathon Hoshimova is the Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of the 'Zamin' International Public Foundation, established in 2020. The foundation leads chariy projects as well as health care, education and inclusive environment initiatives in Uzbekistan. The first project of the foundation was the provision of material assistance to 5 thousand women in the amount of 5 billion [[Uzbekistani sum|sums]].<ref name=kun-zamin>{{Cite web|lang=ru|url=https://kun.uz/ru/news/2023/11/30/ziroat-mirziyoyeva-prinyala-uchastiye-v-mejdunarodnom-sammite|title=Зироат Мирзиёева приняла участие в Международном саммите|trans-title= Ziroat Mirziyoyeva to participate in the International Summit|website=Kun.uz|date=2022-05-11|access-date=2024-02-16}}</ref><ref name=kun-zamin-start>{{Cite web|language=ru|url=https://kun.uz/ru/news/2020/04/23/fond-vozglavlyayemyy-ziroat-mirziyoyevoy-nachal-svoyu-rabotu-s-okazaniya-materialnoy-pomoshchi-5-tysyacham-jyenshchin |title=Фонд, возглавляемый Зироат Мирзиёевой начал свою работу с оказания материальной помощи 5 тысячам женщин|trans-title=The Foundation, headed by Ziroat Mirziyoyeva, began its work by providing material assistance to 5,000 women |website=Kun.uz|date=2020-04-23|access-date=2024-02-16}}</ref>

== Family ==
Ziroathon Khoshimova has three children and six grandchildren.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://president.uz/ru/pages/view/biography?menu_id=10|title=Biography|website=president.uz|access-date=2024-02-16}}</ref> Her daughter [[Saida Mirziyoyeva]] (born 1984) has been Assistant to the President since August 2023 and thus holds the second most important post in Uzbekistan; her second daughter Shakhnoza Mirziyoyeva is First Deputy Director of the National Social Security Agency. Her son Miralisher was born in 2009.<ref name="newteam-ozodlik">{{cite web|url= https://rus.ozodlik.org/a/32565173.html |title= Саида – помощник, Алламжонов – руководитель департамента. Утвержден новый состав Администрации президента|language=ru|trans-title= Saida - Assistant, Allamjonov - Head of Department. The new structure of the Presidential Administration was approved | publisher= Ozodlik Radio |date=2023-08-26|access-date=2024-02-16}}</ref><ref name="family-azattyq">{{cite web|url= https://www.rferl.org/a/uzbekistan-nepotism-mirziyoev--ruling-family-investigation/32502477.html |title= It's Great To Be Us! Nepotism Runs Deep Within Uzbekistan's Powerful And Wealthy Ruling Family| first=Chris |last=Rickleton | publisher= [[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty]] |date=16 July 2023|access-date= 15 February 2024}}</ref><ref name="printsessa-bg">{{Cite web|url=https://www.business-gazeta.ru/article/604081|title=«Новая узбекская принцесса»: дочь президента Мирзиёева готова занять пост номер два в стране|language=ru|trans-title="New Uzbek princess": President Mirziyoyev's daughter ready to take the second highest office in the country|author=Azat Akhunov|website=Business Online|date=2023-08-20|access-date=2024-02-16|archive-date=2023-09-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230905224714/https://www.business-gazeta.ru/article/604081}}</ref>

Hoshimova's sons-in-law {{ill|Oybek Tursunov|ru|Турсунов, Ойбек Батырович}} and {{ill|Otabek Umarov|ru|Умаров, Отабек Мухаммадалиевич}} are major businessmen who became rich after being related to the Mirziyoyev family.<ref name="family-azattyq" />

Ziroatkhon Hoshimova has a sister Saiyora Hoshimova and a brother Muhammad Hoshimov, who became co-owner of a number of large industrial enterprises during the reign of Shavkat Mirziyoyev.<ref name=familly-currenttime>{{Cite web|language=ru|url= https://www.currenttime.tv/a/32507167.html|title=Большая семья Мирзиёева: как разбогатели близкие и дальние родственники президента Узбекистана. Расследование|trans-title= Mirziyoyev's big family: how the Uzbek president's close and distant relatives got rich. Investigation|publisher=Current Time|date=2023-07-17|access-date=2024-02-16}}</ref> Saiyora's daughter Diora (Diyora) was married to the nephew of billionaire [[Alisher Usmanov]], Babur Usmanov. A few years after his death in a road accident in 2013, Diora married {{ill|Batyr Rakhimov|ru|Рахимов, Батыр Икрамжанович}}, one of the richest men in Uzbekistan.<ref name="diora-ozodlik">{{cite web|url= https://rus.ozodlik.org/a/31215717.html |title= Возвращение «Батыра алюминия» в Узбекистан. Не только бизнес, но и политика|language=ru|trans-title=Return of "Batyr Aluminium" to Uzbekistan. Not only business, but also politics | publisher=Ozodlik Radio |date=2021-04-21|access-date=2024-02-16}}</ref>

== Comments ==
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==References==
==References==

Revision as of 21:27, 19 February 2024

Ziroatkhon Hoshimova
Зироатхон Хошимова
Hoshimova in 2022
First Lady of Uzbekistan
Assumed role
14 December 2016
PresidentShavkat Mirziyoyev
Preceded byTatyana Karimova
Personal details
Born (1957-12-04) 4 December 1957 (age 66)
Kokand, Ferghana Valley, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union
SpouseShavkat Mirziyoyev
Children3

Ziroatkhon Mahmudovna Hoshimova (Ziroatkhon Mirziyoyeva[a]; Kokand, Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic, December 4, 1964) is the wife of the president of Uzbekistan and first lady of Uzbekistan (since 2016).

Biography

Early years and education

Ziroatkhon Hoshimova was born in the Uzbek city of Kokand into an influential and religious family. Her father was head of the Central Asian railway's supply department, which managed the 'Dorrestoran' catering and dining cars. Due to his access to deficit goods, Makhmudjon Khoshimov was a very influential and wealthy man in the Ferghana Valley. According to some reports, he owned 10 refrigerator wagons that were used to ship fruit and vegetables from the Uzbek SSR to other Soviet Union republics and to bring back manufactured goods.[1]

Hoshimova enrolled at TIIAME, where she met Shavkat Mirziyoyev, an employee of the university and its Komsomol secretary. Her family initially opposed their relationship, but eventually approved the marriage.[1] When she was still a student, Khoshimova had a daughter, Saida.[2] Khoshimova graduated in 1986 with a degree in economics engineering. She speaks Uzbek, Russian and English.[3]

Public and political activity

Her husband Shavkat Mirziyoyev became a deputy of the 12th convocation of the Supreme Soviet of the Uzbek SSR in 1990, then he was a khokim of one of the districts of Tashkent, a member of two convocations of the Oliy Majlis, the 3rd khokim of Jizzakh Region, the 4th khokim of Samarkand Region. After that, he was appointed Prime Minister of Uzbekistan in 2003 and retained this position until 2016.[4].

First Lady of Azerbaijan Mehriban Aliyeva meeting with First Lady of Uzbekistan Ziroatkhon Khoshimova, 2022

During presidency of Islam Karimov, Hoshimova, as well as all her family members, lived a private life and did not participate in official events for fear of possible persecution by the president. The first mention of Ziroathon Khoshimova appeared in Shavkat Mirziyoyev's official biography only in November 2016, when he became a presidential candidate after Karimov's death.[1]

Later, as the wife of the president, she began to appear regularly in public and accompany Shavkat Mirziyoyev on international visits.[5] According to Radio Ozodlik, Hoshimova influences appointments in the Uzbek government, with her power is particularly strong in the Ministry of Health and the pharmaceutical sector.[5]

Ziroathon Hoshimova is the Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of the 'Zamin' International Public Foundation, established in 2020. The foundation leads chariy projects as well as health care, education and inclusive environment initiatives in Uzbekistan. The first project of the foundation was the provision of material assistance to 5 thousand women in the amount of 5 billion sums.[3][6]

Family

Ziroathon Khoshimova has three children and six grandchildren.[7] Her daughter Saida Mirziyoyeva (born 1984) has been Assistant to the President since August 2023 and thus holds the second most important post in Uzbekistan; her second daughter Shakhnoza Mirziyoyeva is First Deputy Director of the National Social Security Agency. Her son Miralisher was born in 2009.[8][5][2]

Hoshimova's sons-in-law Oybek Tursunov and Otabek Umarov are major businessmen who became rich after being related to the Mirziyoyev family.[5]

Ziroatkhon Hoshimova has a sister Saiyora Hoshimova and a brother Muhammad Hoshimov, who became co-owner of a number of large industrial enterprises during the reign of Shavkat Mirziyoyev.[9] Saiyora's daughter Diora (Diyora) was married to the nephew of billionaire Alisher Usmanov, Babur Usmanov. A few years after his death in a road accident in 2013, Diora married Batyr Rakhimov [ru], one of the richest men in Uzbekistan.[10]

Comments

  1. ^ Ziroatkhon Hoshimova left her father's surname at marriage. However, in Uzbek media she is often referred to with her husband's surname — Mirziyoyeva.

References

  1. ^ a b c Bakozoda, Hiromon (2017-09-12). "Первая леди Узбекистана выходит из тени?" [Is Uzbekistan's First Lady Stepping Out of the Shadows?] (in Russian). Radio Ozodi. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  2. ^ a b Azat Akhunov (2023-08-20). "«Новая узбекская принцесса»: дочь президента Мирзиёева готова занять пост номер два в стране" ["New Uzbek princess": President Mirziyoyev's daughter ready to take the second highest office in the country]. Business Online (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2023-09-05. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
  3. ^ a b "Зироат Мирзиёева приняла участие в Международном саммите" [Ziroat Mirziyoyeva to participate in the International Summit]. Kun.uz (in Russian). 2022-05-11. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
  4. ^ "Shavkat Mirziyoyev bio (in rus)" (in Russian). Azattyk Radio. 2016-11-02. Retrieved 2023-12-22.
  5. ^ a b c d Rickleton, Chris (16 July 2023). "It's Great To Be Us! Nepotism Runs Deep Within Uzbekistan's Powerful And Wealthy Ruling Family". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
  6. ^ "Фонд, возглавляемый Зироат Мирзиёевой начал свою работу с оказания материальной помощи 5 тысячам женщин" [The Foundation, headed by Ziroat Mirziyoyeva, began its work by providing material assistance to 5,000 women]. Kun.uz (in Russian). 2020-04-23. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
  7. ^ "Biography". president.uz. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
  8. ^ "Саида – помощник, Алламжонов – руководитель департамента. Утвержден новый состав Администрации президента" [Saida - Assistant, Allamjonov - Head of Department. The new structure of the Presidential Administration was approved] (in Russian). Ozodlik Radio. 2023-08-26. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
  9. ^ "Большая семья Мирзиёева: как разбогатели близкие и дальние родственники президента Узбекистана. Расследование" [Mirziyoyev's big family: how the Uzbek president's close and distant relatives got rich. Investigation] (in Russian). Current Time. 2023-07-17. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
  10. ^ "Возвращение «Батыра алюминия» в Узбекистан. Не только бизнес, но и политика" [Return of "Batyr Aluminium" to Uzbekistan. Not only business, but also politics] (in Russian). Ozodlik Radio. 2021-04-21. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
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