Shavkat Mirziyoyev

2nd President of Uzbekistan (born 1957)

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.


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 67)
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

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