, insignia = Emblem of Uzbekistan cyrillic.svg , insigniasize = 120px , insigniacaption = State Emblem , image = File:Flag of Uzbekistan.svg , imagesize = 125px , imagecaption = Only officeholder
Shukrullo Mirsaidov
March 1990–8 January 1992 , style = "Mr. Vice President" ( uz, Janob vitse-prezidenti) , residence = , appointer =

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, precursor = Chairmen of the Council of Ministers of the Uzbek SSR , formation = 24 March 1990 , first = Shukrullo Mirsaidov , last = Shukrullo Mirsaidov , abolished = 8 January 1992 , succession =

Prime Minister of Uzbekistan This is a list of prime ministers of Uzbekistan ( uz, O‘zbekiston bosh vaziri), from the establishment of the office in 1925 as the chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Uzbek SSR to the present day. The current prime minister, Abdulla ...

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The office of Vice Prresident of Uzbekistan was a political position in

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 ...

until it was abolished on January 8, 1992. It was the title of the deputy to the

President of Uzbekistan 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 ...

. Shukrullo Mirsaidov was the first and only holder of the office from 24 March 1990 to 8 January 1992.

History

The position of vice president was introduced on the same day

Islam Karimov Islam Abduganiyevich Karimov ( uz, Islom Abdugʻaniyevich Karimov / Ислом Абдуғаниевич Каримов, italics=no; russian: link=no, Ислам Абдуганиевич Каримов; 30 January 1938 – 2 September 2016) was t ...

was elected President of the Uzbek SSR on March 24, 1990 at a session of the Supreme Council of the Uzbek SSR. Uzbekistan at that point became the first union republic to introduce the positions of president and vice president, roles often seen in

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. The only person who served as vice president was Shukrullo Mirsaidov, who, before this position, was the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Uzbek SSR. After the abolition of the post of vice president on January 8, 1992, the post of prime minister was introduced in the country.

Functions

The main function of the vice-president of Uzbekistan was to, in the case of the president's incapacitation, death or resignation and until early elections, assume presidential powers as acting president At the same time, the vice-president of Uzbekistan, jointly headed the Cabinet of Ministers with the president. Nowadays, article 96 of the

Constitution of Uzbekistan The Constitution of Uzbekistan was adopted on 8 December 1992 on the 11th session of the Supreme Council of Uzbekistan. It replaced the Constitution of the Republic of Uzbekistan of 1978. It is the supreme law of the Republic of Uzbekistan (Art ...

states that should the President of the Republic fail to perform his duties due to poor health, confirmed by a certificate of a State Medical Commission formed by the Supreme Assembly of Uzbekistan (''Oliy Majlis''), an emergency session of the ''Oliy Majlis'' shall be held within ten days. The session shall elect an Acting President of the Republic for a term of not more than three months, during which time a presidential election shall be held.Constitution of Uzbekistan

References

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History

Functions

See also

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