In January 2019, Azizov was awarded the rank of Lieutenant General. On February 11, he was relieved of his post of Minister of Defense and appointed chairman of the State Security Service instead of Ihtiyor Abdullayev. Since July 15, 2019, he also became the president of the Football Association of Uzbekistan and promised to destroy contractual matches and corruption in Uzbek football. Has 2 daughters 1 son. The son is married to the daughter of the former Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.