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Politics

Uzbek president re-elected for seven-year term in snap election

People vote in an early presidential election in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on July 9, 2023 [Reuters]

Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev was re-elected with 87.1% of the vote on Sunday, the country’s Central Election Commission said on Monday citing preliminary results. More than 15 million voters participated in Sunday’s elections.

Mirziyoyev, who has led Central Asia’s most populous nation since 2016, called a snap election after changing the constitution through a referendum which reset his term count and extended the presidential term from five to seven years.

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