Alisher Keldiyevich Qodirov (born 12 March 1975) is a nationalist Uzbek politician serving as a member of the Legislative Chamber of Uzbekistan since 2015 and is the current leader of the right-wing Uzbekistan National Revival Democratic Party (Milliy Tiklanish) from 22 May 2019. He is known to have taken strong stances and made rhetoric statements against LGBT rights, the Russian language, and the legacy of the Soviet Union and Communism within Uzbekistan in politics.

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Alisher Keldiyevich Qodirov (born 12 March 1975) is a nationalist Uzbek politician serving as a member of the Legislative Chamber of Uzbekistan since 2015 and is the current leader of the right-wing Uzbekistan National Revival Democratic Party (Milliy Tiklanish) from 22 May 2019. He is known to have taken strong stances and made rhetoric statements against LGBT rights, the Russian language, and the legacy of the Soviet Union and Communism within Uzbekistan in politics. He was the Milliy Tiklanish's nominee for the 2021 presidential elections where he ran on several platforms that were aimed at reforms and changes and faced serious of controversies and scandals in regards on proposals to introduce income taxes for Uzbek migrants as well as accusations in plagiarism. In spite of that, Qodirov won 5.5% of the vote share, taking third place in the race and becoming one of the front runners in the election. After presidential elections 2021 most of the people, even who are the members of other parties accepted him as a person who can change current political regime of Uzbekistan. Biography Early life and career Born in Tashkent, Qodirov attended the Ege University in İzmir, Turkey where he graduated in 1996 and then in 2009 from the Tashkent Financial Institute in absentia. In 2011, he completed his studies from the Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan. A philologist and economist by profession.

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