Saida Mirziyoyeva

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Saida Shavkatovna Mirziyoyeva (born 4 November 1984) is an Uzbek politician. and the eldest daughter of incumbent President Shavkat Mirziyoyev. Since June 2025, she has occupied the role of Head of the Presidential Administration of Uzbekistan. In August 2026, a sweeping constitutional reform expanded her executive powers, with the office outranking the prime minister in terms of legal authority and oversight over the Cabinet of Ministers. The law also designated the head of the administration as the deputy chair of the Security Council, effectively establishing her as the de facto number two political figure in the country.
In August 2023, when the position of Head of the Presidential Administration was dissolved, Mirziyoyeva was appointed First Assistant to the President and took over the highest position in the president's administration after the head of state. On 24 June 2025, the position of Head was re-established and Mirziyoyeva was appointed to it.
Previously, Mirziyoyeva served as the head of the Communications and Information Policy Sector of the Executive Office of the President from 2020 to 2023, as deputy chairperson of the supervisory board of the Public Foundation for Support and Development of National Mass Media of Uzbekistan from 2020 to November 2022, and as deputy director of the Information and Mass Communications Agency at the Presidential Administration from April 2019 to January 2020.