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Uzbekistan: Handling Succession

Posted 31 January 2007 17:13 GMT 1 · Written by Nathan Hamm

Categories: Central Asia & Caucasus, Uzbekistan, Politics

Sean Roberts examines how Uzbekistan will handle succession ^[1]. President Islam Karimov is 70 and currently in the “bonus time ^[2]” of his final term. With elections on the horizon, Uzbekistan may have a new leader soon.