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09-09-2016, 05:00 AM
ALMATY, Kazakhstan: Uzbekistan’s parliament approved Prime Minister Shavkat Mirziyoyev as acting president on Thursday, a government website reported, in the clearest sign yet he could take over long term after the death of veteran strongman Islam Karimov.
Mirziyoyev, 58, was given the post after being backed by Senate leader Nigmatilla Yuldashev, who under the constitution should have become temporary president ahead of elections.
Parliament also ordered a presidential vote to take place within three months with many analysts expecting Mirziyoyev to win.
Mirziyoyev has been widely tipped by analysts to succeed autocrat Karimov.
The 78-year-old president was buried on Saturday in his native Samarkand city, of which Mirziyoyev was a former gover**r.
Mirziyoyev has had meetings with both Russian President Vladimir Putin who laid flowers at Karimov’s grave on Tuesday, and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, who attended the funeral.
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Mirziyoyev, 58, was given the post after being backed by Senate leader Nigmatilla Yuldashev, who under the constitution should have become temporary president ahead of elections.
Parliament also ordered a presidential vote to take place within three months with many analysts expecting Mirziyoyev to win.
Mirziyoyev has been widely tipped by analysts to succeed autocrat Karimov.
The 78-year-old president was buried on Saturday in his native Samarkand city, of which Mirziyoyev was a former gover**r.
Mirziyoyev has had meetings with both Russian President Vladimir Putin who laid flowers at Karimov’s grave on Tuesday, and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, who attended the funeral.
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