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.

Parliamentary parties

Political partyFoundedLeaderIdeologyPoliticalpositionDeputiesSenatorsUzLiDePUzbekistan Liberal Democratic Party2003Abdulla AripovEconomic liberalismCentre-right UzMTDPUzbekistan National Revival Democratic Party1995Alisher QodirovNational conservatismRight-wing ASDPJustice Social Democratic Party1995Bahrom AbdukhalimovSocial democracyCentre-leftPDPPeople's Democratic Party of Uzbekistan1991Ulugbek InoyatovBig tentCentreEPUEcological Party of Uzbekistan2008Narzullo OblomuradovGreen politicsLeft-wing Source

Defunct parties

Banned parties PartyAbbr.IdeologyPolitical positionLeaderYears activeIslamic Movement of UzbekistanIMU1 August 1998 – 6 August 201513 June 2016 – 2023(split factions)Hizb ut-TahrirHTFar-rightAta Abu Rashta1992–2024Islamic Renaissance Party of UzbekistanIRPUAbdullah Utabay1990–1996Erk Democratic PartyEDPNational conservatismRight-wingMuhammad Salih1990–1993Birdamlik People's Democratic PartyCentre-rightBakhodir Khan Turkistan2004–2024Unity PartyCentre-rightAbdurakhim Pulat1988–1994

Former parties PartyAbbr.IdeologyPolitical positionLeaderYears activeCommunist Party of UzbekistanUzKPFar-leftIslam Karimov1925–1991Progress of the Fatherland PartyVTPCentre-rightAxtam Tursunov1992–2000Self-Sacrifice National Democratic PartyFMDPConservatismRight-wingAxtam Tursunov1999–2008

See also List of political parties by country

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