Tag: Uzbekistan

Shavkat Mirziyoyev has been the President of Uzbekistan since 2016. He is a former Prime Minister of Uzbekistan, and a longtime protégé of the country’s first president, Islam Karimov. Mirziyoyev’s presidency has been marked by a number of reforms, including the opening up of the country’s economy, the loosening of restrictions on freedom of speech and assembly, and the improvement… Continue reading "Shavkat Mirziyoyev: The Reformer President of Uzbekistan"