National holiday: Independence Day, 1 September (1991)
Constitution: new constitution adopted 8 December 1992
Legal system: evolution of Soviet civil law; still lacks independent judicial system
Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal
Executive branch:
chief of state: President Islam KARIMOV (since NA March 1990);
election last held 29 December 1991 (next to be held NA); results -
Islam KARIMOV 86%, Mukhammad SOLIKH 12%, other 2%; note - a 26 March
1995 referendum extended KARIMOV's term until 2000 (99.6% approval)
head of government: Prime Minister Abdulhashim MUTALOV (since 13
January 1992), First Deputy Prime Minister Ismail DJURABEKOV (since
NA); Deputy Prime Ministers Viktor CHIZHEN, Bakhtiyar HAMIDOV, Kayim
KHAKKULOV, Yuriy PAYGIN, Saidmukhtar SAIDKASYMOV, Utkur SULTANOV,
Mirabror USMANOV, Murat SHARIFKHOJAYEV (since NA)
cabinet: Cabinet of Ministers; appointed by the president with
approval of the Supreme Assembly
Legislative branch: unicameral Supreme Council: elections last held 25 December 1994 (next to be held NA); results - percent of vote by party NA; seats - (250 total) People's Democratic Party 207, Fatherland Progress Party 12, other 31; note - final runoffs were held 22 January 1995; seating was as follows: People's Democratic Party 69, Fatherland Progress Party 14, Social Democratic Party 47, local government 120
Judicial branch: Supreme Court
Political parties and leaders: People's Democratic Party (PDP;
formerly Communist Party), Islam A. KARIMOV, chairman; Fatherland
Progress Party (FPP), Anwar YULDASHEV, chairman; Social Democratic
Party, Anvar JORABAYEV, chairman; Erk (Freedom) Democratic Party
(EDP), Muhammad SOLIKH, chairman (in exile); note - EDP was banned 9
December 1992
Other political or pressure groups: Birlik (Unity) People's Movement
(BPM), Abdul Rakhim PULATOV, chairman (in exile); Islamic Rebirth
Party (IRP), Abdullah UTAYEV, chairman; Adolat-94 (formed by former
Vice President Shukhrat MIRSAIDOV and Ibragim BURIEV
note: PULATOV (BPM) is in exile in the West; UTAYEV (IRP) is either in
prison or in exile
Member of: AsDB, CCC, CIS, EBRD, ECE, ECO, ESCAP, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO,
IDA, IFC, ILO, IMF, INTERPOL, IOC, ISO, ITU, NACC, NAM, OSCE, PFP, UN,
UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO