Karim Kamalov

Karim Jamalovich Kamolov (1954^[1] – 22 August 2020), was an Uzbek politician. He served as the Hokim, or Mayor, of Bukhara from 1997 until 2011 and again from August 2017 until February 2020.^[1] On 29 February 2020, Kamalov was appointed acting Khokim of Bukhara Region, a gubernatorial office he held until his death on 22 August 2020, from COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Uzbekistan.^[1][2] The Khokim is the equivalent of a regional governor in Uzbekistan.

Karim Kamalov
Governor (Khokim) of Bukhara Region (acting)
In office 29 February 2020 – 22 August 2020
Preceded by	Uktam Barnoev
Mayor of Bukhara
In office August 2017 – 29 February 2020
Mayor of Bukhara
In office 1997–2011
Personal details
Born	1954
Died	22 August 2020 (age 66) Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Kamalov also served as a deputy in the Legislative Chamber of Uzbekistan from 1999 until 2004, representing the 49th district, which is based in the city of Bukhara.^[3]

Kamalov was born in 1954.^[1][2] He graduated from the Bukhara Engineering and Technological Institute.^[1][2] Kamalov was the recipient of the national Mekhnat Shukhrati (awarded on 29 August 2019) and Dustlik awards.^[2]

Governor Kamalov was diagnosed with COVID-19 on 25 July 2020.^{[citation needed]} He died from COVID-19 at AKFA Medline Hospital in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on 22 August 2020, at the age of 66.^[1][4]

Kamalov was the latest in a series of Uzbek government officials to be stricken with COVID-19.^{[citation needed]} Yorkin Tursunov, the national Deputy Minister of Finance, also died from COVID-19 on 28 July 2020.^{[citation needed]} Uktam Barnoev, the Deputy Prime Minister of Uzbekistan and another former Khokim (Governor) of the Bukhara Region, also tested positive for coronavirus and died on 20 September.^[5]