Government

President and Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers--Islam Karimov

• President and Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers--Islam Karimov
• Prime Minister--Shavkat Mirziyaev
• Chairman of the Senate of the Parliament--Ilgizar Sabirov
• Speaker of the Legislative Chamber--Diloram Tashmukhamedova

• Principal Government Officials

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FOREIGN RELATIONS

• Uzbekistan is a member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), the United Nations, the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council, NATO Partnership for Peace, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), and the Economic Cooperation Organization--comprised of the five Central Asian countries, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. In 1999, Uzbekistan joined the GUAM alliance (Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, and Moldova), which was formed in 1997 (making it GUUAM), but formally withdrew in 2005. Uzbekistan hosts the Shanghai Cooperation Organization's (SCO) Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure (RATS) in Tashkent. In 2006, Uzbekistan joined the Eurasian Economic Community (EurASEC), comprising Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan, but subsequently withdrew in 2008.

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Anthem: National Anthem of the Republic of Uzbekistan

• Anthem: National Anthem of the Republic of Uzbekistan
• Capital (and largest city)Tashkent EOfficial language(s) Uzbek.
• Uzbek Ethnic groups 80.0% Uzbek 5.5% Russian5.0%-5.5% Tajik 3.0% Kazakh2.5% Karakalpak 1.5% Tatar 2.5% Others.

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• The capital of Uzbekistan

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