Tanzila Narbaeva

Tanzila Kamalovna Norbaeva (; born 24 July 1957) is an Uzbek politician. She is the Chairperson of the Senate of Uzbekistan since 2019, She previously served as the Deputy Prime Minister from 2016 to 2019, and was the Chairperson of the Women's Committee from 2016 to 2019.

Early life and education She was born in 1957 in Shahrixon District in what was then the Soviet Union.

Narbaeva graduated from Tashkent State University with an MA in sociology. In 2007, she received a PhD in Pedagogy at the same university. In 2020, she earned a doctorate in sociology at the Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

Career

2019–present – Chairperson of the Senate of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan 2016–2019 – Deputy Prime Minister, Chairperson of the women's committee of Uzbekistan 2010–2016 – Chairperson of the Federation of Trade Unions of Uzbekistan 2008–2010 – Chief officer of the Information and Analytical Department for Education, Health and Social Protection of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan 2005–2008 – Senior specialist of the Information and Analytical Department for Education, Health and Social Protection of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan 1998–2005 – Head of the Secretariat of the Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Uzbekistan (complex for social protection of family, motherhood and childhood) 1997–1998 – Assistant of the Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Uzbekistan (complex for social protection of family, motherhood and childhood) 1995–1997 – Head of the Secretariat of the office of Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Uzbekistan 1993–1995 – Head of the department of the Central Council of the People's Democratic party of Uzbekistan 1991–1993 – Secretary of the Sobir Rahimov district's Council of the People's democratic party of Uzbekistan 1988–1991 – Specialist of the party committee of the Sobir Rahimov's district in Tashkent 1986–1988 – Director of Tashkent city schoolchildren house 1974–1986 – Worked on leading positions in primary public education sector, studied at the Tashkent State University (1975–1981)