The head of the country temporarily became Prime Minister.
The decision was made on Thursday, September 8, at a joint meeting of Legislative chamber and Senate of Oliy Majlis (lower and upper house of Parliament).
The President of the Senate of Nigmatulla Yuldashev, who accepted the authority of the head of state after the death of the President, recused himself.
Putin visited the grave of Karimov
On the death of 78-year-old Islam Karimov announced on the evening of 2 September. He held the post of President of Uzbekistan has been since 1991.
Shavkat Mirziyoev was born in 1957, graduated from the Tashkent Institute of irrigation and mechanization of agriculture. Was the head of administration of the Mirzo-Ulugbek district of Tashkent, was the head of administration of the Dzhizak and Samarkand regions. Since 2003 held the post of Prime Minister of Uzbekistan.
