Islam Abduganievich Karimov

Islam Abduganievich Karimov

•  was born on January 30 1938 in Samarkand into a family of civil servants. He is Uzbek by nationality and has a higher degree.

STATUS

• The President of the Republic of Uzbekistan is the head of state, he ensures the coordinated functioning of and interaction among government bodies.
• The President is the head of state and executive power, and acts as the guarantor of the observation of rights and freedoms of citizens, the Constitution and the laws of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
• The President takes necessary measures to defend the sovereignty, security and territorial integrity of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
• The President represents the Republic of Uzbekistan inside the country and in foreign relations.
• The President conducts negotiations and signs agreements for the Republic of Uzbekistan, guaranteeing the observation of the fulfillment of agreements.
• The President sets up the apparatus of executive power and leads it, guaranteeing the coordination of higher organs of power and administration in the republic, ministries, state committees and other organs of state administration of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
• The President is the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
• The President awards medals, decides questions of citizenship of the Republic of Uzbekistan and offers political refuge, as well as taking decisions on amnesty and responding to appeals of citizens.
• The President, based on the Constitution and laws of the Republic of Uzbekistan, issues decrees, resolutions and orders which have effect on the territory of the Republic of Uzbekistan.