The family of Shavkat Mirziyoyev, 2nd President of Uzbekistan since 2016, includes members prominent in local politics and business. Becoming more and more relevant as the Mirziyoyev presidency continues, the family is alleged to have gained massive influence and wealth through nepotism and corruption.
Immediate family
Ziroat Mirziyoyeva
Ziroat Mirziyoyeva (née Hoshimova) is the wife of Shavkat Mirziyoyev, thus holding the title of First Lady since 2016. An engineer and economist born in 1964 Kokand, Ziroat Mirziyoyeva has been doing public service, participating in ceremonial events during her tenure as First Lady.
Children Shavkat and Ziroat Mirziyoyev have three children: two daughters Saida and Shakhnoza, and one son Miralisher.
Saida Mirziyoyeva
Born in 1984, Saida Mirziyoyeva was First Assistant to the President from August 2023, called second most important political office in the Presidential Administration. In June 2025, she was made Head of the Presidential Administration, a re-established position which made her first in the institution.
Shakhnoza Mirziyoyeva Born in 1986, Shakhnoza Mirziyoyeva is the incumbent First Deputy Director of the National Social Security Agency. She has headed a department at the Preschool Education Ministry until June 2023.
Miralisher Mirziyoyev Born in 2009, Miralisher Mirziyoyev is the youngest child and only son of Shavkat and Ziroat Mirziyoyev.
Grandchildren Miromon Tursunov Named after Shavkat Mirziyoyev's father Miromon, Miromon Tursunov is the son of politician Saida Mirziyoyeva and businessman Oybek Tursunov.
Sons-in-law Oybek Tursunov
Married to Saida Mirziyoyeva, Oybek Tursunov is coined "one of the country's most influential businessmen".
Otabek Umarov
Named the de-facto head of President Mirziyoyev's security, businessman Otabek Umarov is Shakhnoza Mirziyoyeva's husband and thus Mirziyoyev's son-in-law.
Umarov's successful business ventures are always supported by different Presidential decrees and state backing, and the competitors of Umarov are pressured. Umarov is known to be closely associated with the allegedly criminal Abdukadyr family.
Ancestry Shavkat Mirziyoyev is of Uzbek origin. His father Miromon worked as a physician in the family's home Zomin District, Jizzakh Region. Mirziyoyev's mother died when Shavkat Mirziyoyev was only 9 years old.
Siblings Shavkat Mirziyoyev has three sisters and one brother. They and their in-laws have been reported by Radio Free Europe to own many enterprises in different fields.
The eldest sister of Shavkat Mirziyoyev and thus the eldest of the family, Inobat Mirziyoyeva, raised him as a child. Mirziyoyeva has three children from her first marriage and two stepchildren from her marriage to Jizzakh businessman Toraboy Yarlakapov, the "King of Gas Stations".
Other relatives Inobat Mirziyoyeva's eldest daughter Gulnoza Omonova is the director of the №324 kindergarten in the Mirzo Ulugbek District of Tashkent, the leading children's institution of the city. She also is the owner of the English Home furniture company.
In April 2023, an Uzbek Service investigative report uncovered that Omonova's husband Najim Abdujabbarov was a major player in logistics and trade at Tashkent's contraband-rich Abu Sahiy Market. Omonova's younger sister Yulduz Omonova is a member of the Uzbek "cartel-like" car industry. Her father-in-law Oktam Maxmudjonov is a longtime associate of Shavkat Mirziyoyev and current owner of the FC Sogdiana football club.
Summary table
BirthDeathImageNameRelationship to MirziyoyevOfficeOccupationRef.??Miromon MirziyoyevFather of Shavkat Mirziyoyevphthisiologist??Marifat MirziyoyevaMother of Shavkat Mirziyoyevnurse?Inobat MirziyoyevaOlder sister of Shavkat Mirziyoyevnursepolitician1957Shavkat MirziyoyevHimselfPresident of UzbekistanPrime Minister of Uzbekistanpolitician1964Ziroat MirziyoyevaWife of Shavkat MirziyoyevFirst Lady of Uzbekistaneconomist1984Saida MirziyoyevaDaughter of Shavkat MirziyoyevHead of the Presidential AdministrationFirst Assistant to the Presidenteconomist1986Shaxnoza MirziyoyevaDaughter of Shavkat MirziyoyevDeputy Chair of the National Paralympic Committeejurist2009Miralisher MirziyoyevSon of Shavkat Mirziyoyev?Oybek TursunovSon-in-law of Shavkat MirziyoyevDeputy Chair of the Presidential Administrationentrepreneur1984Otabek UmarovSon-in-law of Shavkat MirziyoyevDeputy Head of the State Security Serviceeconomist?Toraboy YarlakapovBrother-in-law of Shavkat Mirziyoyev, husband of Inobat Mirziyoyevaentrepreneur?Gulnoza OmonovaNiece of Shavkat Mirziyoyev, daughter of Inobat MirziyoyevaDirector of №324 Kindergarten?Oktam MaxmudjonovFather-in-law of Gulnoza OmonovaFC Sogdiana Owner
References
See also Presidency of Shavkat Mirziyoyev