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uzbekistan**

H.E. M. Abdusalomov,
Chairman

PArt i PArt ii

CoUNtrY ProfiLE LEgisLAtivE sYstEM

1. Official Name LEGISLATURE
Ozbekiston Respublikasi
1. Structure of National Legislature
2. Government Bicameral
Republic authoritarian presidential rule, with little
power outside the executive branch 2. Names of the Houses
Supreme Assembly (Oliy Majlis) consist s of-
3. Head of State Designation Senate
President Shavkat MIRZIYOYEV
The Legislative Chamber (Qonunchilik Palatasi)
4. Head of government Designation
Prime Minister Abdulla ARIPOV 3. Total no. of members in each house elected/
nominated
5. Capital The Supreme Assembly (OliyMajlis) has 150 mem-
Tashkent bers in the Legislative Chamber, elected for a five-
year terms and 100 members in the Senate; 84
6. Currency members elected at the sessions of district, re-
Sorum gional and city deputies, and 16 members appoint-
7. Ethnic Groups (with %age population) ed by the president.
Uzbek 80%, Russian, 5.5%, Tajik 5%, Kazakh3%, 4. Popular House
Karakalpak 2.5% Tatar 1.5%, other 2.5% Oliy Majlis / Supreme Assembly

8. Date of Independence 5. Type of Electoral System
1 September 1991 (From the USSR) Absolute Majority Vote in Single member Constit-

9. Date of adoption of Democratic Constitution uency
8 December 1992 PArt iii
10. Language (s) ELECtorAL sYstEM
Uzbek

11. Literacy Levels (A) ELECTION MANAGEMENT BODy
Male: 99.99% Female: 99.98%
Total: 99.99%(2015) 1. Name of the EMB(S)
Central Election Commission of the Republic of
(Source-http://uis.unesco.org/en/country/uz) Uzbekistan (CEC)

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