Shavkat Mirziyoyev
| Shavkat Mirziyoyev | |
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| 2nd President of Uzbekistan | |
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Assumed office 14 December 2016 Interim: 8 September 2016 – 14 December 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | Abdulla Aripov |
| Preceded by | Nigmatilla Yuldashev (Acting) |
| 3rd Prime Minister of Uzbekistan | |
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In office 12 December 2003 – 14 December 2016 |
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| President |
Islam Karimov Nigmatilla Yuldashev (Acting) Himself (Interim) |
| Deputy |
Abdulla Aripov Ergash Shoismatov Abdulla Aripov |
| Preceded by | Oʻtkir Sultonov |
| Succeeded by | Abdulla Aripov |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Shavkat Miromonovich Mirziyoyev 24 July 1957 Jizzakh Region, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union |
| Political party |
Self-Sacrifice National Democratic Party (Before 2008) National Revival Democratic Party (2008–2016) Liberal Democratic Party (2016–present) |
| Spouse(s) | Ziroatkhon Hoshimova |
| Religion | Islam |
Shavkat Miromonovich Mirziyoyev (Uzbek: Shavkat Miromonovich Mirziyoyev, Russian: Шавкат Миромонович Мирзиёев; born 24 July 1957) is an Uzbek politician who has been President of Uzbekistan since 2016. Previously he was Prime Minister of Uzbekistan from 2003 to 2016.
Following the death of President Islam Karimov, he was appointed by the Supreme Assembly as interim President of Uzbekistan on 8 September 2016. He was subsequently elected as President in the December 2016 presidential election, winning 88.6% of the vote, and was sworn in on 14 December 2016.
In 1981, Mirziyoyev graduated from the Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Melioration. He holds a Candidate (PhD) degree in Technological Sciences.
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. 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.
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.
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