An Extraordinary Congress of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Uzbekistan was held June 20, which saw the new chairman of the Executive Committee of the Chamber elected.
On the recommendation of the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, Adkham Ikramov has been elected to this post, replacing Alisher Shaykhov, who headed the Chamber since April 2006.
Since April 2017 Adkham Ikramov was the first deputy state adviser to the President on organizational and personnel matters.
Also he was appointed rector of the Academy of Public Administration under the President of Uzbekistan in April.
The congress participants also elected four deputy chairmen, Islam Zhasimov, Botirjon Asadov, Zhamshed Urakov and Utkir Butaev.