Shukrullo Raxmatovich Mirsaidov (14 February 1939 in Leninabad,

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– 1 November 2012, in Cyrillic Uzbek: Шукрулло Рахматович Мирсаидов; in

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: Шукрулла Рахметович Мирсаидов ''Shukrulla Rakhmatovich Mirsaidov''; his first name is often shortened as ''Shukur'') was a politician in

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and the 1st

vice president of Uzbekistan , insignia = Emblem of Uzbekistan cyrillic.svg , insigniasize = 120px , insigniacaption = State Emblem , image = File:Flag of Uzbekistan.svg , imagesize = 125px , imagecaption = Only officeholder Shukrullo MirsaidovMar ...

from March 1990 until the abolishment of the office on 8 January 1992. Formerly mayor of

Tashkent Tashkent (, uz, Toshkent, Тошкент/, ) (from russian: Ташкент), or Toshkent (; ), also historically known as Chach is the capital and largest city of Uzbekistan. It is the most populous city in Central Asia, with a population of ...

and a key ally of the first Uzbek President

Islam Karimov Islam Abduganiyevich Karimov ( uz, Islom Abdugʻaniyevich Karimov / Ислом Абдуғаниевич Каримов, italics=no; russian: link=no, Ислам Абдуганиевич Каримов; 30 January 1938 – 2 September 2016) was t ...

, Mirsaidov had served as the last Chairman of the Council of Ministers (prime minister) of the

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(1990) and then as

Vice President of Uzbekistan , insignia = Emblem of Uzbekistan cyrillic.svg , insigniasize = 120px , insigniacaption = State Emblem , image = File:Flag of Uzbekistan.svg , imagesize = 125px , imagecaption = Only officeholder Shukrullo MirsaidovMar ...

until Karimov abolished this office on 8 January 1992. Mirsaidov criticised

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'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."Uzbekistan Human Rights Developments
Human Rights Watch In 1993, he formed the Forum of Democratic Forces as an attempt to unite parties opposed to Karimov's rule. It was unsuccessful. Mirsaidov created a new party, Adolat (Justice) in December 1994, calling for liberal economic reforms, political pluralism and secularism. Mirsaidov died in Tashkent at the age of 73 on 1 November 2012. According to some reports, his death was caused by a heart attack. Mirsaidov spent the rest of his life in Tashkent as an ordinary retiree, is said to have suffered from heart disease. Mirsaidov buried in the Teshik Kapak Cemetery in

.BBC obituary
2 November 2012 (in Uzbek)

References

Nations in Transit 1998: Country Report of Uzbekistan
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