| Office | Deputy Prime Minister of Uzbekistan |
|---|---|
| Alongside | Rustam Azimov |
| Predecessor | Abdulla Aripov |
| President | Islam Karimov Nigmatilla Yuldashev (Acting) |
| Prime minister | Shavkat Mirziyoyev |
| Successor | Abdulla Aripov |
| Birth date | 1951 |
| Birth place | Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Soviet Union |
| Term start | August 2012 |
| Term end | September 2016 |
Ergash Rahmatullayevich Shoismatov (Russified form Shaismatov is also used) was the Deputy Prime Minister of Uzbekistan between 2012 and 2016. He was born on 1951 and is a graduate of Tashkent Polytechnical Institute.[1]
On 30 August 2006 Shoismatov announced that the Uzbek government and an international consortium consisting of state-run Uzbekneftegaz, LUKoil Overseas, Petronas, Korea National Oil Corporation, and China National Petroleum Corporation had signed a production-sharing agreement to explore and develop oil and gas fields in the Aral Sea, saying, "The Aral Sea is largely unknown, but it holds a lot of promise in terms of finding oil and gas. There is risk, of course, but we believe in the success of this unique project." The consortium was created in September 2005.[2]
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References
- ^ "New vise-prime minister of Uzbekistan Shoismatov will coordinate machinery, metallurgy, oil and gas industry"
- ^ Uzbekistan, intl consortium ink deal on exploring Aral Sea Archived July 27, 2010 at the Wayback Machine ITAR-Tass