Mirakbar Rahmonqulov
Mirakbar Rahmonqulov | |
|---|---|
Mirakbar Hojiakbarovich Rahmonqulov | |
| Member of the Senate of Uzbekistan | |
| In office January 2015 – 11 February 2026 | |
| Appointed by | Islam Karimov and Shavkat Mirziyoyev |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 October 1952 |
| Died | 11 February 2026 (aged 73) Tashkent, Uzbekistan |
| Education | Tashkent State University |
| Occupation | Statesman, jurist, legal scholar |
| Profession | Law |
Awards | Order of Fidokorona Xizmatlari Uchun Order of Shon-Sharaf, 2nd Class Honoured Lawyer of Uzbekistan |
Mirakbar Hojiakbarovich Rahmonqulov (Uzbek: Mirakbar Hojiakbarovich Rahmonqulov; also rendered in English-language Uzbek sources as Mir-Akbar Rakhmankulov or Mir-Akbar Rakhmonkulov; 5 October 1952 – 11 February 2026) was an Uzbekistani statesman, jurist and legal scholar. He held the degree of Doctor of Law and the academic title of professor.
Rahmonqulov served as a State Adviser to the President of Uzbekistan, secretary and first deputy secretary of the National Security Council, director of the Institute for Strategic and Regional Studies and director of the Institute of Legislation and Legal Policy under the President of Uzbekistan. He was appointed to the Senate of Uzbekistan in 2015 and reappointed in 2020 and 2024.[1][2]
At the time of his death, he was director of the Institute of Legislation and Legal Policy, a senator, and deputy chairman of the Senate Committee on Judicial and Legal Issues and Anti-Corruption.[2]
Early life and education
Rahmonqulov was born on 5 October 1952 in Tashkent, then part of the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic. In 1975, he graduated in law from Tashkent State University, now the National University of Uzbekistan. He later undertook postgraduate studies at the Sverdlovsk Law Institute. His areas of specialisation included civil law and constitutional law.[3]
He began his professional career as a junior researcher at the Research Institute of Economics under the State Planning Committee of the Uzbek SSR. He subsequently held positions in the Central Committee of the Uzbek youth organisation, the Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR and the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Uzbek SSR.[1]
Academic and government career
From 1992 to 1994, Rahmonqulov served as first vice-rector of the University of World Economy and Diplomacy. In that position, he participated in the development of professional education in international relations, foreign policy and law.[1]
He later worked in the Presidential Administration and headed the Institute for Strategic and Regional Studies under the President of Uzbekistan. A government resolution issued in June 1995 identified him as director of the institute.[4]
Rahmonqulov subsequently held senior positions in the National Security Council under the President of Uzbekistan. An official act adopted in 2000 listed him as secretary of the Security Council.[5]
Official documents from 2003, 2005 and 2007 identified him as first deputy secretary of the National Security Council.[6][7][8]
He also served as a State Adviser to the President. His work covered national and regional security, state administration, domestic and foreign policy and the preparation of government programmes, policy concepts and draft legislation.[1]
Rahmonqulov later became deputy director of the Institute for Monitoring Current Legislation under the President of Uzbekistan. By January 2020, he was serving as first deputy director of the Institute for Strategic and Regional Studies.[9][10]
On 6 May 2022, he was appointed deputy adviser to the President of Uzbekistan for civil service and cooperation with representative bodies of government.[3]
In December 2022, he left that position after being appointed director of the Institute of Legislation and Legal Policy under the President of Uzbekistan.[11]
As director, he oversaw legal and policy research on legislation, constitutional development, public administration, legal policy and strategic planning.
Parliamentary career
In January 2015, President Islam Karimov appointed Rahmonqulov as a member of the Senate of the Oliy Majlis. At the time, he was deputy director of the Institute for Monitoring Current Legislation.[9]
On 18 January 2020, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev reappointed him to the Senate. The presidential decree described him as first deputy director of the Institute for Strategic and Regional Studies.[10]
In May 2022, Rahmonqulov was appointed to the Constitutional Commission established to prepare proposals for amendments to the Constitution of Uzbekistan. He was then a member of the Senate Committee on Defence and Security.[12]
On 16 November 2024, Mirziyoyev again appointed him to the Senate. The decree identified him as director of the Institute of Legislation and Legal Policy.[13]
At the first plenary session of the newly constituted Senate on 19 November 2024, he was elected deputy chairman of the Committee on Judicial and Legal Issues and Anti-Corruption.[14]
Constitutional and legal-policy work
Rahmonqulov participated in the development of state programmes, policy concepts and draft legislation concerning the constitutional system, public administration, foreign policy and national security.[1]
Following the adoption of the revised Constitution of Uzbekistan in 2023, he chaired the editorial council responsible for preparing an article-by-article scholarly and practical commentary on the Constitution. The Institute of Legislation and Legal Policy was designated as the council's working body.[15]
The same presidential decree assigned the institute, under Rahmonqulov's leadership, responsibilities connected with launching the national portal “Constitution of New Uzbekistan”, reviewing subordinate legislation and identifying provisions that required alignment with the revised Constitution.[15]
Scholarship
Rahmonqulov was a Doctor of Law and professor. His research covered civil law, international law, constitutional law, parliamentarism, state power and administration, and national and regional security.[2]
According to the Institute of Legislation and Legal Policy, he authored hundreds of academic publications, including research papers, monographs and methodological works. His publications addressed the development of Uzbekistan's legal system, legal aspects of foreign policy, regional security and cooperation with foreign states.[2][1]
He also participated in academic supervision and the training of legal researchers and specialists. His political and legal studies were used in work on government programmes, institutional reforms and draft legislation.[2]
International cooperation
As director of the Institute of Legislation and Legal Policy, Rahmonqulov represented the institute in international academic and legal-policy cooperation. In 2024, he headed institutional delegations that met universities, research institutions, parliamentary representatives and legal organisations in the United Kingdom, Russia, Slovenia and France.[16]
In January 2025, Rahmonqulov and the International Organization for Migration's chief of mission in Uzbekistan signed a memorandum of understanding on migration research, policy development, legal analysis and professional training.[17]
Awards
Rahmonqulov received several state awards and honours, including:
- the honorary title of Honoured Lawyer of the Republic of Uzbekistan;
- the Order of Fidokorona Xizmatlari Uchun;
- the Order of Shon-Sharaf, 2nd Class.[1]
Death
Rahmonqulov died in Tashkent on 11 February 2026.[1][18]
The official presidential condolence described him as a statesman, legal scholar, senator and public servant who had worked on strategic research, national security, legislation and legal policy.[1]
On 27 February 2026, the Council of the Senate formally relieved him of the position of deputy chairman of the Committee on Judicial and Legal Issues and Anti-Corruption and recorded the termination of his committee membership due to his death.[19]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Соболезнования в связи с кончиной государственного и общественного деятеля Рахманкулова Миракбара Хожиакбаровича" [Condolences on the death of statesman and public figure Mirakbar Hojiakbarovich Rahmonqulov]. Official website of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan (in Russian). 12 February 2026. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Condolences". Institute of Legislation and Legal Policy under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan. 12 February 2026. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
- 1 2 "Назначен новый замсоветника президента" [New deputy presidential adviser appointed]. Gazeta.uz (in Russian). 6 May 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
- ↑ "О подготовке учредительной конференции Центральноазиатского фонда развития культуры" [On preparations for the founding conference of the Central Asian Cultural Development Foundation]. National Database of Legislation of the Republic of Uzbekistan (in Russian). 13 June 1995. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
- ↑ "О мерах по реализации задач, определённых на первой сессии Олий Мажлиса Республики Узбекистан второго созыва" [On measures to implement the tasks set at the first session of the Oliy Majlis of the second convocation]. National Database of Legislation of the Republic of Uzbekistan (in Russian). 2 June 2000. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
- ↑ "О мерах по обеспечению реализации соглашений в рамках Шанхайской организации сотрудничества" [On measures to implement agreements within the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation]. National Database of Legislation of the Republic of Uzbekistan (in Russian). 3 September 2003. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
- ↑ "О программе по реализации целей и задач демократизации и обновления общества" [On the programme for implementing the objectives of democratisation and renewal of society]. National Database of Legislation of the Republic of Uzbekistan (in Russian). 10 March 2005. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
- ↑ "О составе комиссии по разработке проектов законодательных актов" [On the composition of the commission for drafting legislative acts]. National Database of Legislation of the Republic of Uzbekistan (in Russian). 2 February 2007. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
- 1 2 "Президент Узбекистана назначил сенаторов" [President of Uzbekistan appoints senators]. UzDaily (in Russian). 20 January 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
- 1 2 "О назначении членов Сената Олий Мажлиса Республики Узбекистан" [On the appointment of members of the Senate of the Oliy Majlis]. Official website of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan (in Russian). 18 January 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
- ↑ "Mir-Akbar Rahmonqulov prezident huzuridagi Qonunchilik va huquqiy siyosat instituti direktori bo'ldi" [Mir-Akbar Rahmonqulov appointed director of the Institute of Legislation and Legal Policy under the President]. Daryo (in Uzbek). 17 December 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
- ↑ "Конституциявий ислоҳотларни амалга ошириш бўйича Конституциявий комиссия тузиш тўғрисида" [On establishing the Constitutional Commission for the implementation of constitutional reform]. National Database of Legislation of the Republic of Uzbekistan (in Uzbek). 20 May 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
- ↑ "О назначении членов Сената Олий Мажлиса Республики Узбекистан" [On the appointment of members of the Senate of the Oliy Majlis]. Official website of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan (in Russian). 16 November 2024. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
- ↑ "Oliy Majlis Senatining birinchi yalpi majlisi yakunlandi" [First plenary session of the Senate of the Oliy Majlis concludes]. Senate of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan (in Uzbek). 19 November 2024. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
- 1 2 "О первоочередных мерах по реализации Конституции Республики Узбекистан в новой редакции" [On priority measures for implementing the revised Constitution of the Republic of Uzbekistan]. National Database of Legislation of the Republic of Uzbekistan (in Russian). 8 May 2023. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
- ↑ "Meeting with the leadership of the University of Warwick". Institute of Legislation and Legal Policy under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan. 15 July 2024. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
- ↑ "IOM Uzbekistan and the Institute of Legislation and Legal Policy sign a memorandum of understanding to advance migration research and policy". International Organization for Migration. 24 January 2025. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
- ↑ "Скончался сенатор Мир-Акбар Рахманкулов" [Senator Mir-Akbar Rahmonqulov dies]. Gazeta.uz (in Russian). 12 February 2026. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
- ↑ "Об освобождении М. Х. Рахманкулова от должности заместителя председателя Комитета Сената" [On relieving M. H. Rahmonqulov of the position of deputy chairman of a Senate committee]. National Database of Legislation of the Republic of Uzbekistan (in Russian). 27 February 2026. Retrieved 24 July 2026.