Politics of Uzbekistan
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The Republic of Uzbekistan is a semi-presidential constitutional republic, whereby the President of Uzbekistan is head of state. Executive power is exercised by the government and by the Prime Ministe
The Legislative Chamber of Uzbekistan (Lower House)
Islam Karimov
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Islam Abduganiyevich Karimov was an Uzbek politician who served as the first president of Uzbekistan, from the country's independence in 1991 until his death in 2016. He was the First Secretary of the
Politics of Uzbekistan
…with the CPSU; three months later, it changed its name to the People's Democratic Party of Uzbekistan (PDPU), but the party leadership, under President Islam Karimov, remained in place. Independence brought a series of institutional changes, but the substance of governance in Uzbekistan changed much less dramatically…
Karimov in 2002
A 2006 Uzbek stamp featuring Karimov and Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh
Karimov (2nd from right) at the 2010 CSTO meeting in Moscow Kremlin
Karimov meets with U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld in the Pentagon on March 13, 2002