Bahodirjon Shermuhammadov has been appointed First Deputy Minister of Higher and Secondary Specialized Education, the ministerial press service said.

Prior to his appointment, Shermuhammadov worked as a chief consultant at the Presidential Administration of Uzbekistan.

It should be noted that the post of the First Deputy Minister of Higher and Secondary Specialized Education has been vacant since November 5, as the previous head Kongratbay Sharipov was transferred to a job as the rector of Tashkent State University of Economics.