List of leaders of Uzbekistan explained

Below is the list of leaders of present-day Uzbekistan since the establishment of Uzbek SSR in 1924.

Leaders of Uzbek SSR (1924–1991)

Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic (1924–1991)

First Secretaries of the Communist Party

	Portrait	Name	Term of office		Political party
			Took office	Left office
1		Vladimir Ivanov	12 February 1925	21 September 1927	OʻzKP/CPSU
2		Kuprian Kirkizh )	21 September 1927	April 1929	OʻzKP/CPSU
3		Nikolay Gikalo	April 1929	June 1929	OʻzKP/CPSU
4		Isaak Zelensky	June 1929	December 1929	OʻzKP/CPSU
5		Akmal Ikramov (1898–1938)	December 1929	21 September 1937	OʻzKP/CPSU
6		Pyotr Yakovlev	21 September 1937	27 September 1937	OʻzKP/CPSU
7		Usman Yusupov	27 September 1937	7 April 1950	OʻzKP/CPSU
8		Amin Niyazov	7 April 1950	22 December 1955	OʻzKP/CPSU
9		Nuritdin Mukhitdinov	22 December 1955	28 December 1957	OʻzKP/CPSU
10		Sobir Kamolov	28 December 1957	15 March 1959	OʻzKP/CPSU
11		Sharof Rashidov	15 March 1959	31 October 1983	OʻzKP/CPSU
12		Inomjon Usmonxoʻjayev (1930–2017)	31 October 1983	12 January 1988	OʻzKP/CPSU
13		Rafiq Nishonov (1926–2023)	12 January 1988	23 June 1989	OʻzKP/CPSU
14		Islam Karimov (1938–2016)	23 June 1989	31 August 1991	OʻzKP/CPSU

Presidents of the Republic of Uzbekistan (1991–present)

Political parties

Status

Symbols Constitutional referendum

Died in office

	Portrait	Name	Elected	Term of office			Political party
				Took office	Left office	Time in office
		Islam Karimov (1938–2016)^[1]	1990	24 March 1990	2 September 2016		OʻzKP
1			1991 2000				XDP
			2007 2015				OʻzLiDeP
—		Nigmatilla Yuldashev^[2] (1962–)	—	2 September 2016	8 September 2016		OʻzMTDP^[3]
—		Shavkat Mirziyoyev^[4] (1957–)	—	8 September 2016	14 December 2016	97 days	OʻzMTDP
2			2016 2021	14 December 2016	Incumbent		OʻzLiDeP
			2023				Independent

Rank by time in office

Rank	President	Time in office
1	Islam Karimov	^[5]
2	Shavkat Mirziyoyev
—	Shavkat Mirziyoyev	(Acting)
—	Nigmatilla Yuldashev	(Acting)

See also

• Politics of Uzbekistan
• President of Uzbekistan
• Vice President of Uzbekistan
• Prime Minister of Uzbekistan

Notes and References

1. News: Islam Karimov: Uzbekistan president's death confirmed . BBC .
2. Web site: Соболезнования в связи с кончиной Президента Узбекистана Ислама Каримова. 4 September 2016.
3. Web site: Миллий тикланиш. 4 September 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20170105091618/http://mt.uz/ru/component/content/category/165-chleny-partii-v-senate-olij-mazhlisa.html. 5 January 2017. dead.
4. Web site: Reports: Uzbekistan Appoints Mirziyaev As Interim President. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 8 September 2016.
5. Counting from the declaration of independence on 31 August 1991.