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Uzbekistan’s president wins new 7-year term

Uzbekistan’s president wins new 7-year term

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11 Jul 2023 - 11:28
Uzbekistan’s president wins new 7-year term
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11 Jul 2023 - 11:28

KABUL (Pajhwok): The president of Uzbekistan has won a new seven-year term in a snap elections, suggest preliminary results.

Shavkat Mirziyoye, who easily trounced a trio of rivals, bagged more than 87 percent of the vote, said Uzbekistan’s election commission on Monday.

According to the Associated Press, the snap election happened after a constitutional referendum enhancing the presidential term from five to seven years.

Amendments to the constitution, which previously allowed only two presidential terms, enabled Mirziyoyev to run for two more.

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