Shukrullo Mirsaidov

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Shukrullo Mirsaidov, also transliterated as Shukrulla Mirsaidov and Shakrulla Mirsaidov, served as the Vice President of Uzbekistan until Uzbek President Islam Karimov abolished the Vice President office on 8 January 1992. Mirsaidov criticized Karimov's administation, posing the most significant political threat to the administration at that time. Before his resignation, he sent an open letter to Karimov stating, "democracy and a policy of openness are being replaced by an authoritarian regime."^[1]

In 1993, he formed the Forum of Democratic Forces as an attempt to unite parties opposed to Karimov's rule. It was unsuccessful.^{[citation needed]}

The government tried and convicted him of embezzlement and corruption in 1994. The government forced him to pay $1 million in fines.^{[citation needed]}

On 24 August, 1994, a bomb destroyed his car as he and a colleague were walking toward it. On September 18, of that same year, he and his son, Hasan, were beaten in the street by unknown assailants. Hasan was also kidnapped and beaten in 1996.^{[citation needed]}