H.E. Alisher Shaykhov
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Republic of Uzbekistan to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Speaker profile
Education: Tashkent State University of Oriental Studies (History), Moscow State Institute (Oriental Studies), 1979
Candidate of Economic Sciences, 1983
Career:
1979-1992 Researcher, Deputy Director of the Institute of Oriental Studies, Academy of Science
1987-1988 Internship at the University of Cairo, Arab Republic of Egypt
1992-1993 Chief of the Department for management of prospects and analysis of Foreign Trade Activities, Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations of the Republic of Uzbekistan
1993-1994 Head of the Department for the Coordination of Foreign Economic Activities, Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan
1994-1995 First Deputy Minister of Foreign Economic Relations of the Republic of Uzbekistan
1995-1996 Head of the Department for the Coordination of Foreign Economic Activities, Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan
1996-1998 Ambassador of the Republic of Uzbekistan to Germany and Austria, Head of the Mission of Uzbekistan to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
1998-2001 Ambassador of the Republic of Uzbekistan to Japan
2001-2004 Ambassador of the Republic of Uzbekistan to Benelux countries, Head of the Missions of Uzbekistan to the EU and NATO
2004-2005 Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce of the Republic of Uzbekistan
2005-2006 Minister of Foreign Economic Relations, Investment, and Trade of the Republic of Uzbekistan
From July 2017 Ambassador-designate of the Republic of Uzbekistan to the UK
Presentation summary
Maintaining favourable investment climate in mining sector of Uzbekistan and opportunities for projects development.