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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.