Uzbek politician (1964–2020)
Uktam Isayevich Barnoev (11 July 1964 — 20 September 2020) was an Uzbek politician. He served as Khokim (Governor) of Samarkand Region from 2008 to 2010 and of his native Bukhara Region from 2016 to 2020, and as Deputy Prime Minister of Uzbekistan from February 2020 until his death in office during the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany in September 2020.
Biography.
Barnoev was born in Romitan District, Bukhara Region (then part of the Uzbek SSR in Soviet Union), in 1964. From 1981 to 1986 he studied at the Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Agricultural Mechanization Engineers, where he graduated in 1986.
During his career he held the following offices: 
On 27 February 2020, Barnoev's candidacy was considered and approved by the deputies of the Legislative Chamber of Parliament for the post of Deputy Prime Minister of Uzbekistan for the development of the agrarian and food sectors. On February 28, 2020, the President of Uzbekistan appointed him as Deputy Prime Minister. Since July 6, 2020, he also held the position of Chairman of the Federation of Horse Breeding and Equestrian Sports of Uzbekistan.
On 30 July 2020, it was announced that Barnoev had tested positive for COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Uzbekistan. He was hospitalized in Tashkent at the same time as his successor as khokim of Bukhara region, Karim Kamalov, who died in August. After his condition deteriorated, he was put on a ventilator and later transferred to a clinic in Germany, where he died on 20 September, aged 56.