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Uzbekistan Government

Capital: tashkent (toshkent)

Country name : conventional long form: republic of uzbekistan conventional short form: uzbekistan local long form: ozbekiston respublikasi local short form: ozbekiston former: uzbek soviet socialist republic

National holiday: independence day. 1 september (1991)

Government type : republic; authoritarian presidential rule. with little power outside the executive branch

Administrative divisions: 12 provinces (viloyatlar. singular - viloyat). 1 autonomous republic* (respublika). and 1 city** (shahar); andijon viloyati. buxoro viloyati. farg'ona viloyati. jizzax viloyati. namangan viloyati. navoiy viloyati. qashqadaryo viloyati (qarshi). qoraqalpog'iston respublikasi* (nukus). samarqand viloyati. sirdaryo viloyati (guliston). surxondaryo viloyati (termiz). toshkent shahri**. toshkent viloyati. xorazm viloyati (urganch) note: administrative divisions have the same names as their administrative centers (exceptions have the administrative center name following in parentheses)

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Independence: 1 september 1991 (from soviet union)

Political parties and leaders: adolat (justice) social democratic party [dilorom toshmuhammadova. chairman]; democratic national rebirth party (milly tiklanish) or mtp [xurshid dostmuhammadov. chief]; liberal democratic party of uzbekistan or ldpu [adham shodmonov. chairman]; people's democratic party or ndp (formerly communist party) [asliddin rustamov. first secretary]; self-sacrificers party or fidokorlar national democratic party [ahtam tursunov. chief]; note - fatherland progress party merged with self-sacrificers party

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Political pressure groups and leaders: agrarian and entrepreneurs' party [marat zahidov]; birlik (unity) movement [abdurakhim polat. chairman]; erk (freedom) democratic party [muhammad solih. chairman] was banned 9 december 1992; ezgulik human rights society [vasilia inoyatova]; free farmers' party or ozod dehqonlar [nigara khidoyatova]; human rights society of uzbekistan [tolib yakubov. chairman]; independent human rights society of uzbekistan [mikhail ardzinov. chairman]; mazlum [leader na]

International organization participation : asdb. cis. eapc. ebrd. eco. fao. iaea. ibrd. icao. icct (signatory). icrm. ida. idb. ifc. ifrcs. ilo. imf. interpol. ioc. iso. itu. miga. nam. oic. opcw. osce. pfp. sco. un. unctad. unesco. unido. upu. wco. wftu. who. wipo. wmo. wtoo. wto (observer)