President Shavkat Mirziyoev’s son-in-law has been named head of Uzbekistan’s fledgling Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) Association, adding to the list of influential roles for family members within Mirziyoev’s three-year-old administration.
RFE/RL: Uzbek president’s son-in-law named MMA chief in latest sign of creeping family control
Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev walks to attend the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA) in Dushanbe on June 15, 2019.