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Uzbeks vote for a president following the approval of the constitutional referendum which reset term limits, allowing incumbent president Shavkat Mirziyoyev to serve two more seven-year terms.
2023-07-9

Five people are killed and thousands are injured after mass protests in Nukus, Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan. President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev accuses "rioters" of violence.
2022-07-3

Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signs a decree for the country to open a diplomatic mission in Sweden.
2021-04-17

The first round of the first election in Uzbekistan after Islam Karimov's death takes place.
2019-12-22

Uzbekistan agrees to formally join the Turkic Council following a meeting between Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Tashkent.
2018-04-30

Uzbekistan Deputy Prime Minister Rustam Azimov is dismissed by President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, who had earlier criticized Azimov for failing to control financiers' activities. He is replaced by former Deputy Finance Minister Jamshed Kuchkarev.
2017-06-6

Voters in Uzbekistan go to the polls for a presidential election, the first since the death of Islam Karimov who governed the country for 25 years.
2016-12-4

President Islam Karimov of Uzbekistan dies after 27 years in office.
2016-09-2

Voters in Uzbekistan go to the polls for a presidential election with incumbent President Islam Karimov set to win against token opposition.
2015-03-29

The daughter of Uzbek President Islam Karimov sues a French website for calling her father a "dictator".
2011-05-19