Karim Kamalov

Karim Kamalov
Governor (Khokim) of Bukhara Region (acting)
In office
29 February 2020 – 22 August 2020
Preceded byUktam Barnoev
Mayor of Bukhara
In office
August 2017 – 29 February 2020
Mayor of Bukhara
In office
1997–2011
Personal details
Born1954
Died22 August 2020 (age 66)
Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Karim Jamalovich Kamolov (1954[1] – 22 August 2020), was an Uzbek politician. He served as the Hokim, or Mayor, of Bukhara from 1997 until 2011 and again from August 2017 until February 2020.[1] On 29 February 2020, Kamalov was appointed acting Khokim of Bukhara Region, a gubernatorial office he held until his death on 22 August 2020, from COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Uzbekistan.[1][2] The Khokim is the equivalent of a regional governor in Uzbekistan.

Kamalov also served as a deputy in the Legislative Chamber of Uzbekistan from 1999 until 2004, representing the 49th district, which is based in the city of Bukhara.[3]

Kamalov was born in 1954.[1][2] He graduated from the Bukhara Engineering and Technological Institute.[1][2] Kamalov was the recipient of the national Mekhnat Shukhrati (awarded on 29 August 2019) and Dustlik awards.[2]

Governor Kamalov was diagnosed with COVID-19 on 25 July 2020.[citation needed] He died from COVID-19 at AKFA Medline Hospital in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on 22 August 2020, at the age of 66.[1][4]

Kamalov was the latest in a series of Uzbek government officials to be stricken with COVID-19.[citation needed] Yorkin Tursunov, the national Deputy Minister of Finance, also died from COVID-19 on 28 July 2020.[citation needed] Uktam Barnoev, the Deputy Prime Minister of Uzbekistan and another former Khokim (Governor) of the Bukhara Region, also tested positive for coronavirus and died on 20 September.[5]

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  2. ^ a b c d "Карим Камалов возглавил Бухарскую область". Gazeta.uz. 2020-02-29. Archived from the original on 2020-03-29. Retrieved 2020-09-18.
  3. ^ "КАМАЛОВ Карим Джамалович". Centrasia.org. Archived from the original on 2020-09-18. Retrieved 2020-09-18.
  4. ^ "Бухоро вилояти ҳокими в.б. Карим Камалов оламдан ўтди". Uzbekistan National News Agency. 2020-08-22. Archived from the original on 2020-09-01. Retrieved 2020-09-18.
  5. ^ "Скончался и.о. хокима Бухарской области – Газета.uz". 2020-09-18. Archived from the original on 2020-09-18. Retrieved 2022-08-12.