1949-- Born in in Tashkent

1967-71 -- Works as a metal worker, then served in the Soviet Armed Forces

1971-76 -- Works as a junior, then senior departmental head in the Interior Ministry

1976 -- Completes law faculty at Tashkent State University

1976-1990 -- Chief of Tashkent regional executive committee's interior affairs department, deputy chief of Tashkent oblast interior affairs department, chief of criminal investigations' department of Uzbek SSR

1990 -- Chief of Tashkent oblast's interior affairs department

16 September 1991 -- Named interior minister of Republic of Uzbekistan