As the First President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Islam
Karimov untimely passed away on 2nd September 2016.
In accordance with Articles 96, 117 of the Constitution of the
Republic of Uzbekistan and Article 8 of the Law "On elections of
the President of Uzbekistan", Articles 5 and 9 of the Law "On the
Central Election Commission of Uzbekistan" it had been decided
to hold the elections of the President of the Republic of
Uzbekistan on Sunday, 4 December 2016.