Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev said that he wants to be nominated to another term as the ruling Liberal Democratic Party stated to elect the incumbent leader as its candidate for the Oct. 24 election.
Mirziyoyev was nominated by the same party in the last presidential election in the country in 2016.
A videoconference was held on the analysis of economic results as of the first half of the year and on measures to ensure the sustainable economic growth by the end of this year.#Mirziyoyev #economics #analysis #futuretasks pic.twitter.com/54H1KfnJqt
— Shavkat Mirziyoyev's Press-service (@president_uz) August 3, 2021
Earlier, Narzulla Oblomurodov, leader of Ecological Party of Uzbekistan; Bahrom Abduhalimov, head of Adolat Social Democratic Party, and Alisher Kadirov, chair of Democrat Party of Milliy Tiklanish (National Revival), were nominated to run for the president.
According to the Uzbek Constitution, people who are above 35 and have been living in Uzbekistan for the last 10 years can run for the president as long as they are nominated by a political party.
The candidates are also required to collect the signatures of at least 1% of voters to participate in the election.
On August 5-6, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev to take part in the next Consultative Meeting of the Heads of Central Asian States, which will be held in the national tourist zone «Awaza», Turkmenistan.#Mirziyoyev #ConsultativeMeeting #CentralAsia #regionalcooperation pic.twitter.com/YhUlmVT3H6
— Shavkat Mirziyoyev's Press-service (@president_uz) August 4, 2021
In Uzbekistan, the presidential election is held every five years. It was last held in December 2016, when Mirziyoyev garnered 88,61% of all votes against his three rivals.
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