NationMaster - Uzbekistani Government statistics

Administrative divisions > A note administrative divisions have the same names as their administrative centers (exceptions have the administrative center name following in parentheses)
Capital city	Tashkent (Toshkent)
Constitution	adopted 8 December 1992
Corruption	143	[143rd of 160]
Executive branch > Cabinet Cabinet of Ministers appointed by the president with approval of the Supreme Assembly
Executive branch > Chief of state President Islom KARIMOV (since 24 March 1990, when he was elected president by the then Supreme Soviet)
Executive branch > Elections president elected by popular vote for a seven-year term (eligible for a second term; previously was a five-year term, extended by constitutional amendment in 2002); election last held 9 January 2000 (next to be held in 2007); prime minister, ministers, and deputy ministers appointed by the president
Executive branch > Head of government Prime Minister Shavkat MIRZIYAYEV (since 11 December 2003)
Government type republic; authoritarian presidential rule, with little power outside the executive branch
Judicial branch Supreme Court (judges are nominated by the president and confirmed by the Supreme Assembly)
Legal system evolution of Soviet civil law; still lacks independent judicial system
Legislative branch bicameral Supreme Assembly or Oliy Majlis consists of an upper house or Senate (100 seats; 84 members are elected by regional governing councils and 16 appointed by the president; to serve five-year terms) and a lower house or Legislative Chamber (120 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)
Legislative branch > A note not all seats in the last Supreme Assembly election were contested; all parties in the Supreme Assembly support President KARIMOV
National holiday Independence Day, 1 September (1991)
Parliamentary seats > Female	102%	[102nd of 143]
Political pressure groups and leaders Agrarian and Entrepreneurs' Party [Marat ZAHIDOV]; Birlik (Unity) Movement [Abdurakhim POLAT, chairman]; Committee for the Protection of Human Rights [Marat ZAHIDOV]; Erk (Freedom) Democratic Party [Muhammad SOLIH, chairman] was banned 9 December 1992; Ezgulik Human Rights Society [Vasila INOYATOVA]; Free Farmers' Party or Ozod Dehqonlar [Nigora KHIDOYATOVA]; Human Rights Society of Uzbekistan [Talib YAKUBOV, chairman]; Independent Human Rights Organization of Uzbekistan [Mikhail ARDZINOV, chairman]; Mazlum; Sunshine Coalition [Sanjar UMAROV, chairman]
Status	pseudo-democracy
Suffrage 18 years of age; universal
UN membership date	2 Mar. 1992
United Nations mission http://www.nato.int/pfp/uz/foreign.htm http://www.tiv.uz/

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Pseudo-Democracy: state in which there are democratic structures but without a real chance for an alternance of power
Transition State: a state with a transitional structure
Absolute Monarchy: a one-party state, or a state governed by an absolute monarchy or dictatorship.; The age at enfranchisement and whether the right to vote is universal or restricted ; Date of United Nations Membership; United Missions mission or approximate website

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Uzbekistan, Republic of Uzbekistan, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, Ozbekiston

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