Shukrullo Raxmatovich Mirsaidov (in Cyrillic Uzbek: Шукрулло Рахматович Мирсаидов ; in Russian: Шукрулла Рахметович Мирсаидов Shukrulla Rakhmatovich Mirsaidov ; his first name is often shortened as Shukur) served as the last Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars (prime minister) of the Uzbek SSR (1990) and then as Vice President of Uzbekistan until Uzbek President Islam Karimov abolished this office on 8 January 1992.[1]
Mirsaidov criticized Karimov's administration, 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."[2] In 1993, he formed the Forum of Democratic Forces as an attempt to unite parties opposed to Karimov's rule. It was unsuccessful. The government tried and convicted him of embezzlement and corruption in 1994. The government forced him to pay $1 million in fines. 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.
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Vice President of Uzbekistan 1991–1992 |
Succeeded by Position abolished |
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