Shavkat Mirziyoyev

Shavkat Mirziyoyev Шавкат Мирзиёев
2nd President of Uzbekistan From: 8 September 2016-Present
Vice President	none
Predecessor	Islam Karimov
Successor	Incumbent (no successor)
Information
Party	Uzbekistan Liberal Democratic Party
Spouse(s)	Ziroatkhon Hoshimova
Religion	Islam

Shavkat Miromonovich Mirziyoyev is the current president of Uzbekistan and was the prime minister of Uzbekistan from 2003 to 2016. Upon becoming president he released a few political prisoners including a journalist, but human rights groups warn that he may still suppress political dissent.^[1] He has made efforts to scrap the Soviet-style exit visa system, facing much opposition from internal factions of the government, mainly Rustam Inoyatov.^[2][3]

References[edit]