AKIPRESS.COM - Chairman of Uzbekneftegaz national holding company Alisher Sultanov has been appointed as Vice Prime Minister of Uzbekistan, kun.uz reports.

Sultanov was named Head of the complex on geology, fuel and energy complex, chemical, petrochemical and metallurgical industries.

Sultanov on this position replaced Gulomjon Ibragimov, who, according to UZ24, was appointed as head of Tashkent region.