Uzbeks Vote In Polls Under Pro-reform Leader
December 22, 2019
Uzbekistan voted Sunday in the first parliamentary election since a new leader ushered in an era of reform after years of isolation and authoritarian rule.
President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, who took charge of Central Asia’s most populous state in 2016 after the death of hardline predecessor and former patron Islam Karimov, described the vote as “historic”.