Ziroatkhon Hoshimova

Ziroatkhon Mahmudovna Hoshimova (Uzbek: Ziroatxon Mahmudovna Hoshimova), also shortened to Ziroat Mirziyoyeva, is the First Lady of Uzbekistan.

Ziroatkhon Hoshimova
Зироатхон Хошимова
First Lady of Uzbekistan
Assumed role
14 December 2016
PresidentShavkat Mirziyoyev
Preceded byTatyana Karimova
Personal details
Born (1957-12-04) December 4, 1957
Kokand, Ferghana Valley, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union
Spouse(s)Shavkat Mirziyoyev
Children3
WebsiteOfficial Website

Biography

She was born in the city of Kokand in the Ferghana valley on 4 December 1957. Her father Mahmudjon Hoshimov was an wealthy official in the Fergana Valley, heading the Supply Department of the Central Asian Railway in Kokand.[1][2] She studied at the Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Melioration where she met her first husband.[3][4] According to some sources, the Ziroathon family opposed her marriage.[1] She has a qualification of an engineer-economist.[5]

First Lady

She is married to Shavkat Mirziyoyev, the current president of Uzbekistan and the former Prime Minister of Uzbekistan. During the Karimov era, while her husband was prime minister, she was not shown on state television and avoided public appearances.[6] When her husband became president she accompanied him on several foreign trips abroad including trips to Kyrgyzstan, China, South Korea and the United States.[7]

Public work

She is the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Zamin International Public Foundation. In an online speech on behalf of the foundation, she declared that having a disability "is no longer a medical issue, but a human rights issue".[8]

References
  1. "Первая леди Узбекистана выходит из тени?". Радио Озоди (in Russian). Retrieved 2020-11-23.
  3. https://www.zakon.kz/4876387-ah-kakaya-zhenshchina-chto-nuzhno-znat.html
  4. https://tengrinews.kz/sng/pervaya-ledi-uzbekistana-vnov-prikovala-vnimanie-smi-325851/amp/
  6. "Жена Шавката Мирзиёева Зироатхон Хошимова – кто она?". Центр-1 / Centre1.com - Новости (in Russian). Retrieved 2017-11-26.
  7. "Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan: Once Deadly Foes, Now BFF? · Global Voices". Global Voices. 2017-09-13. Retrieved 2017-11-26.
  8. uz, Kun. ""Disability is a human rights issue" - Ziroat Mirziyoyeva calls for increased emphasis on inclusive education". Kun.uz. Retrieved 2020-11-22.
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