Agrippina Vasilyevna Shin (; ; ; born December 29, 1958) is an Uzbek politician who was Uzbekistan's Minister of Preschool Education from 2017 to December 2022, when she was replaced by Hilola Umarova and appointed deputy of the latter.

Biography

Shin was born on December 29, 1958, in the

Samarqand Region Samarkand Region is the most populous region of Uzbekistan. It is located in the center of the country in the basin of the Zarafshan River. It borders Tajikistan, Navoiy Region, Jizzakh Region and Qashqadaryo Region. It covers an area of 16,773 ...

to parents of Soviet Korean descent. She began her career in 1980 as an engineer in the research laboratory of the Tashkent Electrotechnical Institute of Communications. From 1987 to 2017, Shin worked at the Tashkent Vocational College of Information Technologies. Until 2004, she worked at the Secondary Vocational School#4 in

Tashkent Tashkent (), also known as Toshkent, is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Uzbekistan, largest city of Uzbekistan. It is the most populous city in Central Asia, with a population of more than 3 million people as of April 1, 2024. I ...

. There she held positions of master of industrial training and, director and deputy director for educational and industrial work. In 2015, she was elected to the

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from the city of Tashkent. In the upper house of parliament, she became a member of the committees on international relations, foreign economic relations, foreign investment and tourism. On October 19, 2017, she was appointed as head of the newly created cabinet post of Ministry of Preschool Education. However, she continues to remain a member of the Senate.

Awards

*Order of Friendship: ''rewarded to group of workers in science, education, health care, culture, art, spirituality and enlightenment, the media and other social spheres, in connection with the seventeenth anniversary of the independence of the Republic of Uzbekistan. *Order "Mehnat shuhrati": ''for services in upgrading the activities of the Preschool Education Institutions, sectorial development, introducing modern technologies in education, bring up a healthy and mature generation, as well as on the occasion of her 60th birthday anniversary''. *

Order of Diplomatic Service Merit The Order of Diplomatic Service Merit () is one of South Korea's orders of merit. It is awarded by the President of South Korea for "outstanding meritorious services in the interest of enhancing national prestige and promoting amity with allies. ...

, Gwanghwa Medal (

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): ''for contributions to the expansion and strengthening of friendship between

Republic of Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders North Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone, with the Yellow Sea to the west and t ...

and Uzbekistan.''

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Shin, Agrippina 1958 births Living people People from Samarqand Region Education ministers of Uzbekistan Uzbekistani people of Korean descent Koryo-saram politicians Recipients of Order of Friendship of Uzbekistan