Sherzodkhon Tojiddinkhon ogli Kudratkhoja

Sherzodkhon Kudratkhodja was born on May 26, 1974, in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. He holds a higher education degree. In 1996, he graduated from Tashkent State University (now the National University of Uzbekistan named after Mirzo Ulugbek), specializing in journalism. Career Experience: 1996–1998 – Editor and political commentator at the Information Directorate of the National Television and Radio Company of Uzbekistan; 1998–1999 – Director of the International Broadcasts Directorate at the National Television and Radio Company of Uzbekistan; 1999–2000 – Head of the Press Center and Service of the Central Election Commission of Uzbekistan; 2000–2005 – Chief Consultant of the Press Service of the President of Uzbekistan; 2005–2008 – Press Secretary of the Prime Minister of Uzbekistan; 2008–2012 – Acting Head of the Department of Internet Journalism and Information Technologies at the National University of Uzbekistan named after Mirzo Ulugbek; 2012–2013 – Head of the Department of Internet Journalism and Information Technologies at the National University of Uzbekistan named after Mirzo Ulugbek; 2013–2016 – Associate Professor of the Department of Stylistics, Editing, and Internet Journalism at the National University of Uzbekistan named after Mirzo Ulugbek; 2016–2017 – Associate Professor of the Department of Digital Mass Media at the National University of Uzbekistan named after Mirzo Ulugbek; 2017–2018 – Head of the Department of Press Theory and Practice at the National University of Uzbekistan named after Mirzo Ulugbek; 2017–2022 – Chairman of the International Press Club, a non-governmental, non-profit organization; Since 2017 – Vice President of the International Kurash Association; Since 2018 – Rector of the University of Journalism and Mass Communications of Uzbekistan; 2019–2024 – Advisory Member of the Central Election Commission of Uzbekistan Since 2022 – Chairman of the Board of the National Media Association of Uzbekistan; Since 2022 – Chairman of the Public Council of the Ministry of Preschool Education of Uzbekistan. He is married and has three children.