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Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Dec. 5
By Demir Azizov – Trend:
Shavkat Mirziyoyev has been elected as Uzbekistan’s president for the next five years.
He was the country’s acting president after the death of Islam Karimov, who passed away after suffering a stroke on Sept. 2.
Chairman of Uzbekistan’s Central Election Commission (CEC) Mirza-Ulugbek Abdusalomov said at a briefing Dec. 5 that 15.907 million voters or 88.61 percent of all voters who participated in the voting, cast their ballots for Mirziyoyev.
During the presidential election in Uzbekistan on Dec. 4, 17.94 million people, or 87.83 percent of all voters cast their votes.