Komil Ismailovich Allamzhonov (born 18 September 1984) is an Uzbek statesman and public figure. He was Press secretary of the President of Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirziyoyev (December 1, 2017 – October 3, 2018), acting director of the Uzbek Agency for Press and Information (November 28, 2018 – February 2, 2019), acting director of the Agency of Information and Mass Communications under the Administration of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan (February 4, 2019 – January 29, 2020); and is currently the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Public Foundation for Support and Development of the National Mass Media in Uzbekistan (since January 31, 2020).
Early life and education
Komil Allamjonov was born on September 18, 1984, to a mechanic and a nurse in the Uzbek capital of Tashkent.
He graduated from Tashkent State Institute of Arts and Culture of Uzbekistan named after M. Uygur (majoring in “Television and Radio Directing”) in 2006; and from Tashkent State Economic University with a degree in Economics in 2010.
Career
Ministry of Emergency Situations and State Tax Committee of Uzbekistan
He worked as a chief specialist of the Information Service in the Ministry of Emergency Situations, then as a chief specialist of the Information Service in the State Tax Committee, from 2005 to 2009 he worked as an Acting head of the Information Service of the State Tax Committee. From 2009 to 2013, he served as Head of the Information Service of the State Tax Committee, i.e. Press-Secretary of the Committee Chairman.
In 2010, he was awarded the “Oltin Kalam” (Golden feather) award as the head of the best press service in the country.
A multifunctional interactive website of the State Tax Committee soliq.uz was developed and launched under the management of Komil Allamjonov. In 2015, the official website of the committee was named “Best Government Website” in the National Internet Contest. In addition, he also successfully carried out such projects as Tax through the eyes of children and Soliq Info newspaper.
During his activity as the Head of the Information Service of the State Tax Committee, he initiated the creation of the republican newspaper “Solik info” (“Tax info”) in Uzbek and Russian languages. During 2013–2016, he served as its editor-in-chief. The newspaper has become a professional consultant not only for accountants and auditors of Uzbekistan, but also for the staff of the country's taxation bodies.
He also initiated the creation of systematic courses to improve the skills of accountants, where lecturers were directly the heads of departments of the State Tax Committee and the Ministry of Finance. The courses were organized both in Tashkent and in the regions of the country.
Under his management the book-album called “O‘zbekiston soliq tizimi – islohot va rivojlanish yo‘lida” (“State taxation system of Uzbekistan on the way of reform and development”) was published. Also, a fundamental book-album called “Tax system of Uzbekistan in the years of independence” (“O‘zbekiston soliq tizimi mustaqillik yillarida”) dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the formation of taxation authorities was published. The publication presents in detail the history of formation and transformation of the tax system in the territory of the Republic of Uzbekistan from ancient times to the present stage.
He was a member of the working group on development of the Code of Ethics for employees of the taxation authorities of Uzbekistan.
He is a co-author of manuals for educational institutions of different levels: “The ABC of economics and taxes” for grades 1–4, “Lessons on economics and taxes” for grades 5-7 and “Basics of taxation” for grades 8–9. An “Entrepreneurship and the Basics of Business” manual was developed for students of academic lyceums and professional colleges, which includes a special chapter on taxation of business entities. A “Taxes and taxation” textbook has been prepared for universities with a non-economic focus.
From 2009 to 2013, he implemented annual creative show-contests called “Tax Knowledge for Children”, which were held in three stages: district, regional and republican.
Press Secretary of the President
He was assigned as the press secretary for President Shavkat Mirziyoyev on December 1, 2017, succeeding Asadjon Khodjaev. He was also assigned as a Deputy Head of the Head of State's Executive Office.
Reforms of the presidential press service began and the information vector changed under Allamjonov, which were aimed to allow information to be more accessible between the head of state and state bodies for society.