Ulugʻbek Sultonov

Ulugʻbek Sultonov (born 22 October 1994) is an Uzbek politician who has been serving as Director of Department for Supporting Youth Leaders of Youth Affairs Agency of Uzbekistan.^[1] Previously, Ulugʻbek Sultonov worked as Chairman of Kashkadarya Regional Department of Youth Affairs Agency of Uzbekistan (2023–2024).^[2] He was awarded a number of state awards by the President of Uzbekistan.

He graduated with a bachelor's degree from Karshi State Technical University in 2017. From 2018 to 2019, he worked as head of the Department for Coordination of Primary Organizations' Activities of the Kashkadarya Regional Council of the Uzbekistan Youth Union. In 2020, he was appointed as Chairman of Children's organization Kamalak.^[3] From 2023 to 2024, he served as a Chairman of Kashkadarya Regional Department of Youth Affairs Agency of Uzbekistan.^[4][5] From 2025, he has been serving as Director of Center for Supporting Youth Leaders of Uzbekistan. The center implements projects aimed at enhancing the skills of youth leaders who work with the youth policy carried out in more than 9,000 neighborhoods across the Republic of Uzbekistan. On his initiative, projects such as "Inclusive Uzbekistan," "Iqtidor", "Qashqadaryolik", and the "Ibrat Farzandlari Forum" were implemented across all regions of Uzbekistan.^[6][7] On October 25, 2023, during a meeting on the Kashkadarya region led by the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, he interacted with the head of state. ^[8] He successfully completed the management course organized for civil servants included in the national personnel reserve at the Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan in 2024.

On his initiative, projects such as "Inclusive Uzbekistan," "Iqtidor", and the "Ibrat Farzandlari Forum" were implemented across all regions of Uzbekistan.^[9][10] Apart from these, he organized several camps aimed at training more youth leaders from all across Uzbekistan in the Tashkent.^[11] Moreover, he conducted live sessions in a number of districts of Uzbekistan with the participation of youth leaders of the system.^[12] Furthermore, on his initiative, the Youth Affairs Agency organized the "Iqtidor" camp for graduates of Child Care Institutions, in the Zomin district of the Jizzakh region in 2021.^[13]

Ulugʻbek Sultonov's work has been recognized by the Government of Uzbekistan. Sultonov was awarded the “Kamolot” Scholarship, established for talented students of Uzbekistan in 2014–2015.^[14] In accordance with the decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan on October 10, 2017, he was awarded the honorary state award named 25 Years of the Constitution of Uzbekistan. According to the decree of the President of Uzbekistan on May 24, 2021, he was awarded the state award 30th Anniversary of the Independence of Uzbekistan.