According to the relevant order of the Minister of Ecology, Environmental Protection and Climate Change, Barkhayot Meliyev was appointed head of the Department of Ecology, Environmental Protection and Climate Change of the Tashkent region.

B. Meliyev was born in 1987 in Kokand. Prior to his appointment, he worked as deputy governor of Tashkent region for development of urban infrastructure, landscaping and public utilities.