| First Lady of Uzbekistan | |
|---|---|
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| Inaugural holder | Tatyana Karimova |
| Formation | September 1, 1991 |
First Lady of Uzbekistan is the title attributed to the wife of the president of Uzbekistan. The current first lady of Uzbekistan is Ziroatkhon Hoshimova, wife of President Shavkat Mirziyoyev.
| No. | Image | Name (Birth-Death) | Term in office | President (Birth-Death) | Note | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Term start | Term end | Time in office | |||||
| 1 |  | Tatyana Karimova (born 1948) | 1 September 1991 | 2 September 2016 | 25 years, 1 day |  Islam Karimov (1938-2016) | |
| Vacant Nigmatilla Yuldashev never married | 2 September 2016 | 14 December 2016 | 103 days |  Nigmatilla Yuldashev (born 1962) | |||
| 2 |  | Ziroatkhon Hoshimova (born 1957) | 14 December 2016 | Incumbent | 7 years, 9 days |  Shavkat Mirziyoyev (born 1957) | |
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