Cabinet of Ministers (Uzbekistan)

Cabinet of Ministers of Uzbekistan
Oʻzbekiston Respublikasi Vazirlar Mahkamasi
Government headquarters in Tashkent
Overview
EstablishedJuly 1991
StateUzbekistan
LeaderPrime Minister
Appointed byPresident
Main organCouncil of Ministers
Responsible toPresident
HeadquartersHouse of the Government, 5 Mustaqillik Maydoni, Tashkent
Websitegov.uz

Cabinet of Ministers of Uzbekistan (Uzbek: Oʻzbekiston Respublikasi Vazirlar Mahkamasi) is the country's executive body, ensuring the effective functioning of the economy, social and spiritual spheres, and the implementation of laws, other decisions of the Oliy Majlis, and presidential decrees and orders. The Cabinet of Ministers operates on the basis of the Law "On the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan" adopted on September 30, 2019 (latest version; the original version was adopted on August 29, 2003).

The Cabinet of Ministers heads the system of state administration bodies and the economic management bodies it creates, ensuring their coordinated activities. The Cabinet of Ministers is accountable to the President and the Oliy Majlis (the bicameral parliament) of Uzbekistan. Resolutions and orders of the Cabinet of Ministers are personally signed by the Prime Minister of Uzbekistan, as the head of government.