Shavkat Mirziyoyev

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This name uses Eastern Slavic naming customs; the patronymic is Miromonovich and the family name is Mirziyoyev.
Shavkat Mirziyoyev
Shavkat Mirziyoev (2016-09-06) 2.jpg
President of Uzbekistan
Interim
Assumed office
8 September 2016
Prime Minister Himself
Preceded by Islam Karimov
3rd Prime Minister of Uzbekistan
Assumed office
12 December 2003
President Islam Karimov
Nigmatilla Yuldashev (Acting)
Himself (Interim)
Deputy Ergash Shoismatov
Preceded by O‘tkir Sultonov
Personal details
Born (1957-07-24) 24 July 1957 (age 59)
Jizzakh Region, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union
Political party Self-Sacrifice National
Democratic Party (Before 2008)
National Revival Democratic
Party (2008–present)
Religion Islam

Shavkat Miromonovich Mirziyoyev (Russified forms also used: Шавкат Мираманович Мирзиёев, Šavkat Miramanovič Mirzijojev; Шавкат Мирзияев, Šavkat Mirzijajev) (born 24 July 1957[1][2]) is an Uzbek politician who has been Prime Minister of Uzbekistan since 2003.[3][4] Following the death of President Islam Karimov, he was appointed by Parliament as acting President of Uzbekistan on 8 September 2016.

Biography[edit]

In 1981, Mirziyoyev graduated from the Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Melioration. He holds a Candidate (PhD) degree in Technological Sciences.[5]

He served as governor (Hakim) of Jizzakh Region from 1996 to September 2001, then as governor of Samarqand Region from September 2001 until his appointment as Prime Minister in 2003.[3] He was nominated as Prime Minister by President Islam Karimov on December 12, 2003 and approved by the Uzbek parliament. He replaced Prime Minister O‘tkir Sultonov. His deputy is Ergash Shoismatov.[6]

Mirziyoyev and Han Myeong Sook, the Prime Minister of South Korea, met in Tashkent on 25 September, 2006. They signed several agreements, including one deal in which Uzbekistan will send 300 tons of Uzbek uranium ore to South Korea every year from 2010 to 2014. The deal bypasses U.S. companies that acted previously as middlemen for South Korean imports of Uzbek uranium ore. Han also met with President Islam Karimov and parliament speaker Erkin Xalilov. Sook and Mirziyayev boosted cooperation in the energy, agriculture, construction, architecture, and information technology sectors. Trade between South Korea and Uzbekistan increased by nearly 40% between 2005 and 2006, to $565 million.[4]

A member of the Samarkand Clan, he is considered to be one of the leading successors to Islam Karimov as President of Uzbekistan. Mirziyoyev has friendly relations with Karimov’s wife, Tatyana Karimova, and with National Security Council leader Rustam Inoyatov.[7] However, his purported propensity for violence may hurt his standing. He is said to have once violently confronted a farmer while governor of Jizzakh Region.[8]

After the death of Karimov on 2 September 2016, Mirziyoyev was appointed as head of the committee organizing the funeral of the President.[9] That was taken as a sign that Mirziyoyev will later replace Karimov as President.[5] On 8 September 2016 he was appointed as Interim President of Uzbekistan by a joint session of both houses of parliament.[10]

References[edit]

  1. ^ http://premier.gov.ru/visits/world/6053/info/1809/
  2. ^ "Издательский дом Коммерсантъ". kommersant.ru. 
  3. ^ a b Brief profile of Mirziyoyev, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
  4. ^ a b "South Korea, Uzbekistan Sign Uranium Deal", RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty, September 25, 2006.
  5. ^ a b Гахокидзе, Ольга (2 September 2016). "Организацией похорон Каримова займется его возможный преемник" (in Russian). Readus. Retrieved 3 September 2016. 
  6. ^ "Uzbekistan: Political structure". Economist Intelligence Unit. 2010-03-10. Retrieved 2011-01-13. 
  7. ^ "Uncertainty over President Islam Karimov's condition roils Uzbekistan". Washington Post. 30 August 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016. 
  8. ^ After Islam Karimov, What Next? Uzbekistan's Succession Question The Diplomat
  9. ^ "Комиссию по организации похорон Каримова возглавил премьер Шавкат Мирзиёев" (in Russian). Kommersant. 2 September 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2016. 
  10. ^ "Reports: Uzbekistan Appoints Mirziyaev As Interim President". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Retrieved 8 September 2016. 

External links[edit]

Political offices
Preceded by
O‘tkir Sultonov		 Prime Minister of Uzbekistan
2003–present		 Incumbent
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