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Acting Uzbek President Nominated for December 4 Poll

© Sputnik / Dmitry Astakhov / Go to the mediabankPrime Minister Medvedev in Samarkand meets with Uzbekistan's counterpart Mirziyoyev
Prime Minister Medvedev in Samarkand meets with Uzbekistan's counterpart Mirziyoyev - Sputnik International
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Acting President of Uzbekistan has been nominated to run the upcoming presidential elections, the Central Asian republic’s Central Election Commission said Friday.

Uzbekistan's capital, Tashkent. - Sputnik International
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Uzbekistan to Remain Stable Despite Karimov’s Death
TASHKENT (Sputnik) – Acting President of Uzbekistan, Prime Minister Shavkat Mirziyoyev, has been nominated to run in the December 4 presidential race, the Central Asian republic’s Central Election Commission said Friday.

"Shavkat Mirziyoyev was nominated to run in the presidential elections of Uzbekistan at a political council meeting of the Uzbekistan Liberal Democratic Party," the commission said in a Facebook post.

The vote comes after the death of long-time Uzbek leader Islam Karimov, who died on September 2 at the age of 78.

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