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Administrative divisions > A note administrative divisions have the same names as their administrative centers (exceptions have the administrative center name following in parentheses) |
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Capital city
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Tashkent (Toshkent) |
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Constitution
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adopted 8 December 1992 |
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Corruption
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143 |
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[143rd of 160]
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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) |
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Parliamentary seats > Female
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102% |
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[102nd of 143]
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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] |
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Status
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pseudo-democracy |
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Suffrage 18 years of age; universal |
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UN membership date
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2 Mar. 1992 |
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United Nations mission http://www.nato.int/pfp/uz/foreign.htm http://www.tiv.uz/ |