Career
Previously he served as governor (Hakim) of Jizzakh Province from 1996 to September 2001, then as governor of Samarqand Province from September 2001 until his appointment as Prime Minister in 2003. He replaced Prime Minister O‘tkir Sultonov. His deputy is Ergash Shoismatov.
Mirziyoyev and Han Myeong Sook, the Prime Minister of South of Korea, met in Tashkent on 25 September, 2006.
They signed several agreements, including one deal in which Uzbekistan will send 300 tons of Uzbek uranium ore to South of Korea every year from 2010 to 2014. The deal bypasses United States. companies that acted previously as middlemen for South Korean imports of Uzbek uranium ore.
Sook and Mirziyayev boosted cooperation in the energy, agriculture, construction, architecture, and information technology sectors. Trade between South of Korea and Uzbekistan increased by nearly 40% between 2005 and 2006, to $565 million.