On Wednesday afternoon, December 17, the press service of the Tashkent city administration announced the appointment of Davron Ismatov as hokim (head of the local executive authority) of the Sergeli district. However, Shavkat Umurzakov’s office chose not to explain where and under what circumstances the former head of the district, Elbek Shukurov, had disappeared.
The online publication NOVA24.UZ informed its readers about the resignation of the hokim of the Sergeli district, hinting that Elbek Shukurov had left his post of his own accord. However, it is well known that officials in Uzbekistan do not leave their posts of their own accord.
According to an employee of the capital’s hokimiyat (administrative authority) who wished to remain anonymous, Shukurov’s departure from office is linked to the publication of exposé material on corruption in the construction sector in the Sergeli district. This material was published on December 7, 2025, on the information resources of the political opposition movement “Erkin O’zbekiston.”
Under the Mirziyoyev regime, corruption schemes cannot be implemented without the direct involvement of district, city, and republican authorities, and therefore without the approval of the entire chain of command. The case of Shukurov, who unquestioningly carried out all the illegal orders of Tashkent mayor Shavkat Umurzakov, is further proof that in Mirziyoyev’s “new Uzbekistan,” the fight against corruption remains purely decorative.
Officials are dismissed not for corruption itself, but for the fact that information about it becomes public. The Mirziyoyev regime has once again demonstrated its true nature: instead of investigation, there is a purge; instead of justice, there is personnel camouflage; instead of accountability, there is silence.
The Mirziyoyev regime has turned Uzbekistan into a closed corporation, where positions and public assets are used as sources of personal enrichment, and “anti-corruption policy” serves as a window dressing for international reports.
Replacing one hokim with another without investigation, trial, or public accountability means only one thing: the corrupt system in Uzbekistan is not only preserved—it is protected at the state level. And while Mirziyoyev’s regime continues to pretend that nothing terrible has happened, the responsibility for what is happening lies not with individual figures, but with the entire criminal regime as a whole.
Uzbekistan officials do not leave their posts of their own accord
On Wednesday afternoon, December 17, the press service of the Tashkent city administration announced the appointment of Davron Ismatov as hokim (head of the local executive authority) of the Sergeli district. However, Shavkat Umurzakov’s office chose not to explain where and under what circumstances the former head of the district, Elbek Shukurov, had disappeared.
The online publication NOVA24.UZ informed its readers about the resignation of the hokim of the Sergeli district, hinting that Elbek Shukurov had left his post of his own accord. However, it is well known that officials in Uzbekistan do not leave their posts of their own accord.
According to an employee of the capital’s hokimiyat (administrative authority) who wished to remain anonymous, Shukurov’s departure from office is linked to the publication of exposé material on corruption in the construction sector in the Sergeli district. This material was published on December 7, 2025, on the information resources of the political opposition movement “Erkin O’zbekiston.”
Under the Mirziyoyev regime, corruption schemes cannot be implemented without the direct involvement of district, city, and republican authorities, and therefore without the approval of the entire chain of command. The case of Shukurov, who unquestioningly carried out all the illegal orders of Tashkent mayor Shavkat Umurzakov, is further proof that in Mirziyoyev’s “new Uzbekistan,” the fight against corruption remains purely decorative.
Officials are dismissed not for corruption itself, but for the fact that information about it becomes public. The Mirziyoyev regime has once again demonstrated its true nature: instead of investigation, there is a purge; instead of justice, there is personnel camouflage; instead of accountability, there is silence.
The Mirziyoyev regime has turned Uzbekistan into a closed corporation, where positions and public assets are used as sources of personal enrichment, and “anti-corruption policy” serves as a window dressing for international reports.
Replacing one hokim with another without investigation, trial, or public accountability means only one thing: the corrupt system in Uzbekistan is not only preserved—it is protected at the state level. And while Mirziyoyev’s regime continues to pretend that nothing terrible has happened, the responsibility for what is happening lies not with individual figures, but with the entire criminal regime as a whole.
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