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Shavkat Mirziyoyev

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Shavkat Mirziyoyev
Шавкат Мирзиёев
Mirziyoyev in 2017
President of Uzbekistan
Assumed office
8 September 2016
Acting: 8 September 2016 – 14 December 2016
Prime MinisterAbdulla Aripov
Preceded byNigmatilla Yuldashev (Acting President)
Islam Karimov (President)
3rd Prime Minister of Uzbekistan
In office
12 December 2003  14 December 2016
PresidentIslam Karimov
Nigmatilla Yuldashev (Acting)
Himself (Acting)
DeputyAbdulla Aripov
Ergash Shoismatov
Abdulla Aripov
Preceded byOʻtkir Sultonov
Succeeded byAbdulla Aripov
Personal details
Born
Shavkat Miromonovich Mirziyoyev

(1957-07-24) 24 July 1957 (age 68)
Jizzakh Region, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union (now Uzbekistan)
Political partyLiberal Democratic Party (2016–present)
Other political
affiliations
Self-Sacrifice National
Democratic Party
(before 2008)
National Revival Democratic
Party
(2008–2016)
Spouse(s)Ziroatkhon Hoshimova
Children3
ResidenceQibray District, Tashkent
Alma materTashkent Institute of Irrigation and Melioration
Websitehttps://president.uz/en

Shavkat Miromonovich Mirziyoyev (Uzbek Latin: Shavkat Miromonovich (Miromon o‘g‘li) Mirziyoyev, Uzbek Cyrillic: Шавкат Миромонович (Миромон ўғли) Мирзиёев; born 24 July 1957)[1][2] is an Uzbek politician. He has been the President of Uzbekistan and Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Uzbekistan since 2016.

Following the death of President Islam Karimov, he was appointed by the Supreme Assembly as interim president of Uzbekistan on 8 September 2016.[3] In October 2021, Shavkat Mirziyoyev was re-elected President of Uzbekistan.

References

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  1. "Издательский дом Коммерсантъ". kommersant.ru. Archived from the original on 2013-11-04.
  2. "Uzbekistan PM Mirziyoyev named interim president". Retrieved 9 September 2016.