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Uzbekistan government executive branch
The president, who is directly elected to a five-year term that can be repeated once, is the head of state and is granted supreme executive power by the constitution. As commander in chief of the armed forces, the president also may declare a state of emergency or of war. The president is empowered to appoint the prime minister and full cabinet of ministers and the judges of the three national courts, subject to the approval of the Oly Majlis, and to appoint all members of lower courts. The president also has the power to dissolve the parliament, in effect negating the Oly Majlis's veto power over presidential nominations in a power struggle situation.
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In effect, the executive branch holds almost all power. The judiciary branch lacks independence and the legislature, which meets only a few days each year, has little power to shape laws.
The president selects and replaces provincial governors. Under terms of a December 1995 referendum, Islom Karimov's first term was extended. Another national referendum was held January 27, 2002 to yet again extend Karimov's term. The referendum passed and Karimov's term was extended by act of the parliament to December 2007. Most international observers refused to participate in the process and did not recognize the results, dismissing them as not meeting basic standards.
The president, who is directly elected to a five-year term that can be repeated once, is the head of state and is granted supreme executive power by the constitution. As commander in chief of the armed forces, the president also may declare a state of emergency or of war. The president is empowered to appoint the prime minister and full cabinet of ministers and the judges of the three national courts, subject to the approval of the Oly Majlis, and to appoint all members of lower courts. The president also has the power to dissolve the parliament, in effect negating the Oly Majlis's veto power over presidential nominations in a power struggle situation.
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In effect, the executive branch holds almost all power. The judiciary branch lacks independence and the legislature, which meets only a few days each year, has little power to shape laws.
The president selects and replaces provincial governors. Under terms of a December 1995 referendum, Islom Karimov's first term was extended. Another national referendum was held January 27, 2002 to yet again extend Karimov's term. The referendum passed and Karimov's term was extended by act of the parliament to December 2007. Most international observers refused to participate in the process and did not recognize the results, dismissing them as not meeting basic standards.
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ThePrint
April 16, 2018
“It is a measure of how repressive Uzbekistan was under its first post-Soviet president, Islam Karimov, that the first, tentative steps by his successor to curb the secret ... “Little was expected of Mr. Mirziyoyev when he ascended — unconstitutionally — to the presidency on Mr. Karimov's death 19 months ago.
East Asia Forum
April 15, 2018
Upon Karimov's death, the main contenders for the presidency were then prime minister Shavkat Mirziyoyev, then finance minister Rustam Azimov and then head of ... He worked to resolve his country's differences with Russia, quietly ending Uzbekistan's attempt to counter Russian influence in Central Asia.
The Diplomat
April 11, 2018
The report recognizes Uzbekistan's “significant break with its past” trends as the “first, meager, shoots of spring.” Shavkat Mirziyoyev's unconstitutional ascension to the acting presidency in the wake of Islam Karimov's death and the pervasive nature of the “system Karimov built” are set against modest stepsÃâà...
The Sydney Morning Herald
April 4, 2018
Tashkent, Uzbekistan: Unravelling a police state is never easy, and just how fraught the process can be has been playing out in a basement cell in Uzbekistan .... All power still flows from the presidency despite a decision by Mirziyoyev not to move into the vast colonnaded palace in central Tashkent built forÃâà...
New York Times
April 2, 2018
The detention center in Tashkent, the Uzbek capital, is where Bobomurod Abdullaev, a freelance journalist, was taken and, according to his wife and .... All power still flows from the presidency despite a decision by Mr. Mirziyoyev not to move into the vast colonnaded palace in central Tashkent built for Mr.
New York Times
April 1, 2018
Bucking a global trend toward authoritarianism, Uzbekistan's new leader is reining in the secret police, releasing political prisoners and allowing some freedom of expression. It's still too .... The U.S. defense secretary, Jim Mattis, above, was dismissed as a warmonger during the Obama presidency. But asÃâà...
Human Rights Watch
March 27, 2018
The 37-page report, “You Can't See Them, But They're Always There: Censorship and Freedom of the Media in Uzbekistan,” examines the situation for journalists, media outlets, and the exercise of free speech since Mirziyoyev assumed the presidency in September 2016. Human Rights Watch found thatÃâà...
BulgarianPresidency.eu (blog)
December 31, 1999
Both Russia and all the five Central Asian republics (Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan rank as 'Consolidated Authoritarian Regime'. Among the EU countries, Estonia has the best ranking: 1.82, and Hungary has the worst: 3.71. Bulgaria's ranking of 3.39 is slightly better thanÃâà...
New York Times
December 31, 1999
... an Uzbek Spring in the making. Yet with democracy in retreat across much of the former Soviet empire and elsewhere in the world, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev's efforts bear watching and deserve support. Little was expected of Mr. Mirziyoyev when he ascended — unconstitutionally — to the presidencyÃâà...
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