Usbekistan Regierung Profil 2012

Hauptstadt

Name: Tashkent (Toshkent)
geographische Koordinaten: 41 19 N, 69 15 E
Zeitunterschied: UTC+5 (10 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Unabhängigkeit

1 September 1991 (from the Soviet Union)

Konstitution

adopted 8 Dezember 1992; amended in 2002

Wahlrecht

18 Jahre; universal

Exekutive

Staatsoberhaupt: Staatspräsident Islom KARIMOV (seit dem 24 March 1990, when he was elected president by the then Supreme Soviet; elected president of independent Uzbekistan in 1991)
Regierungschef: Prime Minister Shavkat MIRZIYOYEV (seit dem 11 December 2003); First Deputy Prime Minister Rustam AZIMOV (seit dem 2 January 2008)
cabinet: Cabinet of Ministers appointed by the president with approval of the Supreme Assembly
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 on 23 December 2007 (next to be held in 2014); prime minister, ministers, and deputy ministers appointed by the president
election results: Islom KARIMOV reelected president; percent of vote - Islom KARIMOV 88.1%, Asliddin RUSTAMOV 3.2%, Dilorom T0SHMUHAMEDOVA 2.9%, Akmal SAIDOV 2.6%, other 3.2%