Alisher Qodirov

Alisher Qodirov
Qodirov in 2021
Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Chamber
Assumed office
13 June 2019
Member of the Legislative Chamber
Assumed office
24 December 2014
ConstituencyPaxtakor (2019–present)
Leader of Uzbekistan National Revival Democratic Party
Assumed office
22 May 2019
Preceded bySarvar Atamuradov
Personal details
Born (1975-03-12) 12 March 1975 (age 49)
Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union
NationalityUzbek
Political partyMilliy Tiklanish
Children4
Alma materEge University
Tashkent Financial Institute
Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan
ProfessionPhilologist, economist

Alisher Keldiyevich Qodirov (born 12 March 1975) is a nationalist Uzbek politician serving as a member of the Legislative Chamber of Uzbekistan since 2015 and is the current leader of the right-wing Uzbekistan National Revival Democratic Party (Milliy Tiklanish) from 22 May 2019. He is known to have taken strong stances and made rhetoric statements against LGBT rights, the Russian language, and the legacy of the Soviet Union and Communism within Uzbekistan in politics.[1]

He was the Milliy Tiklanish's nominee for the 2021 presidential elections where he ran on several platforms that were aimed at reforms and changes and faced serious of controversies and scandals in regards on proposals to introduce income taxes for Uzbek migrants as well as accusations in plagiarism. In spite of that, Qodirov won 5.5% of the vote share, taking third place in the race and becoming one of the front runners in the election. After presidential elections 2021 most of the people, even who are the members of other parties accepted him as a person who can change current political regime of Uzbekistan.

  1. ^ "Кто такой Алишер Кадыров? Биография политика, известного своими резонансными высказываниями, из которой многое становится ясно". Podrobno.uz (in Russian). 2021-04-29. Archived from the original on 2021-05-18. Retrieved 2021-07-09.