List of political parties in Uzbekistan

This article lists political parties in Uzbekistan, a post-Soviet nation dominated by the supporters of the President of Uzbekistan. Despite small reforms and openness in the 2010s, no true opposition parties are allowed and every registered party supports the incumbent president and former prime minister Shavkat Mirziyoyev as well as the founder of the Republic of Uzbekistan and former president Islam Karimov.^[1]

Parliamentary parties

Political party				Founded	Leader	Ideology	Political position	Deputies	Senators
		UzLiDeP OʻzLiDeP	Uzbekistan Liberal Democratic Party Oʻzbekiston Liberal Demokratik Partiyasi	2003	Abdulla Aripov	Economic liberalism	Centre-right	53 / 150	41 / 100
		UzMTDP OʻzMTDP	Uzbekistan National Revival Democratic Party Oʻzbekiston “Milliy Tiklanish” Demokratik Partiyasi	1995	Alisher Qodirov	National conservatism	Right-wing	36 / 150	0 / 100
		ASDP	Justice Social Democratic Party Adolat Sotsial Demokratik Partiyasi	1995	Bahrom Abdukhalimov	Social democracy	Centre-left	24 / 150	0 / 100
		PDP O'zXDP	People's Democratic Party of Uzbekistan O'zbekistan Xalq Demokratik Partiyasi	1991	Ulugbek Inoyatov	Big tent	Centre	22 / 150	28 / 100
		EPU O'zEP	Ecological Party of Uzbekistan O'zbekiston ekologik partiyasi	2008	Narzullo Oblomuradov	Green politics	Left-wing	15 / 150	0 / 100

Source

• United Nations 2016

Banned parties

• Birdamlik – full name is Birdamlik People's Democratic Party (Uzbek: “Birdamlik” xalq-deomkratik partiyasi, lit. 'Solidarity—People's Democratic Party')
• Erk Democratic Party (Uzbek: ERK Demokratik Partiyasi)
• Islamic Renaissance Party of Uzbekistan (Uzbek: Oʻzbekiston islom uygʻonish partiyasi)^[2]
• Unity (Uzbek: Birlik)

Former parties

• Communist Party of Uzbekistan (Uzbek: Oʻzbekiston Kommunistik Partiyasi, Russian: Коммунистическая партия Узбекистана)
• Progress of the Fatherland Party (Uzbek: Vatan Taraqqiyoti Partiyasi)
• Self-Sacrifice National Democratic Party (Uzbek: Fidokorlar Milliy Demokratik Partiyasi)

See also

• List of political parties by country

References

1. Abdurasulov 2019.
2. Olcott, Martha Brill (2012). In the Whirlwind of Jihad. Brookings Institution Press. p. 192. ISBN 978-0-87003-259-2.

Bibliography

• Abdurasulov, Abdujalil (20 December 2019). "Questions over Uzbekistan's new era of 'openness'". BBC News. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
• "What ideas do political parties advance?". Uzbekistan Today. 15 November 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2021 – via The Permanent Mission of the Republic of Uzbekistan to the United Nations.