The Jizzakh clan is a political clan based in
Jizzakh Province
Jizzakh Region ( uz, Jizzax viloyati, Жиззах вилояти, جٮززﻩخ ۋٮلايەتى, russian: Джизакская область, Dzhizakskaya Oblast') is one of the regions of Uzbekistan. It is located in the center/east of the co ...
,
Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked cou ...
and allied with the
Samarqand clan. It is led by
Abdulaziz Kamilov
Abdulaziz Khafizovich Kamilov ( uz, Abdulaziz Xafizovich Kamilov; russian: Абдулазиз Хафизович Камилов, Abdulaziz Khafizovich Kamilov; born November 16, 1947) is an Uzbek politician who was Uzbekistan's Minister of Forei ...
, former
Uzbek President
The president of the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Oʻzbekiston Respublikasining Prezidenti, Ўзбекистон Республикасининг Президенти) is the head of state and executive authority in Uzbekistan. The office of Pre ...
Islam Karimov's presidential advisor and current Foreign Minister.
[Militant Islam in Central Asia: The Case of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan]
University of Berkeley, California
See also
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Clans in Central Asia
Clans in Central Asia are political networks based on regional and tribal loyalties. Clans frequently control certain government departments, though there is fluidity between clan loyalty and membership in government agencies.[< ...]
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Tashkent clan
The Tashkent clan is a powerful political clan based in Tashkent, Uzbekistan that controls the Uzbek National Security Service (known as the SNB, or MHH), and since late 2005 the Interior Ministry. The Samarkand clan is its biggest rival for con ...
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Samarkand clan
The Samarkand klan (alternatively Samarqand) is an Uzbekistan, Uzbek clan led by Ismoil Jurabekov.Collins, p. 255 The clan is one of two major clans in Uzbekistan; the other, its main rival, is the Tashkent clan. To a lesser extent, the Ferghana ...
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Ethnic groups in Uzbekistan
Politics of Uzbekistan
Political organisations based in Uzbekistan
Central Asia
Clans