Law
The President and Elections
The President: the head of state. The President ensures the coordinated functioning and cooperation of state authorities (Constitution, Article 105).
The President
- The President is elected for a term of 7 years (2023 version of the Constitution, Article 106). One person cannot be President for more than two consecutive terms.
- Candidate: a citizen not younger than 35, fluent in the state language, who has permanently resided in Uzbekistan directly before the election for at least 10 years.
- Voting right at 18, candidacy at 35: do not mix up these two ages.
- The President is the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, and signs and promulgates laws (Article 109).
- The President does not appoint the Prime Minister immediately: after consulting with the factions of all political parties, the President submits a candidate to the Legislative Chamber. If more than half of the deputies approve, the President appoints the candidate. If the candidate is rejected three times, the President appoints the Prime Minister personally and has the right to dissolve the chamber (Article 118).
- Since 2016, Shavkat Mirziyoyev has been the President.
Elections
| Principle | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Universal | all citizens with the right to vote take part |
| Equal | everyone has one vote |
| Direct | the voter votes for the candidate personally |
| Secret | the vote is kept confidential |
- To memorize: Elections: universal, equal, direct suffrage, with a secret ballot (Article 128).
- The right to vote is granted from the age of 18.
- Elections are organized by commissions headed by the Central Election Commission (CEC): regional, district and city, constituency, and precinct commissions (Election Code, Article 11).
- Referendum: a direct vote by the people. On 30 April 2023, the new Constitution was adopted by referendum.