List of political parties in Uzbekistan

This article lists political parties in Uzbekistan, a post-Soviet nation dominated by the supporters of the President of Uzbekistan. Despite small reforms and openness in the 2010s, no true opposition parties are allowed and every registered party supports the incumbent president and former prime minister Shavkat Mirziyoyev as well as the founder of the Republic of Uzbekistan and former president Islam Karimov.

Parliamentary parties

Political party				Founded	Leader	Ideology	Political position	Deputies	Senators
		UzLiDeP OʻzLiDeP	Uzbekistan Liberal Democratic Party Oʻzbekiston Liberal Demokratik Partiyasi	2003	Abdulla Aripov	Economic liberalism	Centre-right	53 / 150	41 / 100
		UzMTDP OʻzMTDP	Uzbekistan National Revival Democratic Party Oʻzbekiston “Milliy Tiklanish” Demokratik Partiyasi	1995	Alisher Qodirov	National conservatism	Right-wing	36 / 150	0 / 100
		ASDP	Justice Social Democratic Party Adolat Sotsial Demokratik Partiyasi	1995	Bahrom Abdukhalimov	Social democracy	Centre-left	24 / 150	0 / 100
		PDP O'zXDP	People's Democratic Party of Uzbekistan O'zbekistan Xalq Demokratik Partiyasi	1991	Ulugbek Inoyatov	Big tent	Centre	22 / 150	28 / 100
		EPU O'zEP	Ecological Party of Uzbekistan O'zbekiston ekologik partiyasi	2008	Narzullo Oblomuradov	Green politics	Left-wing	15 / 150	0 / 100

Source

• United Nations 2016

Defunct parties

Banned parties

Party			Abbr.	Ideology	Political position	Leader	Years active
		Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan O'zbekiston Islom Harakati	IMU	Islamism Pan-Islamism Salafi Jihadism Anti-Zionism Historical: Anti-Islam Karimov		Tohir Yoʻldosh † Juma Namangani † Abu Usman Adil † Usman Ghazi † Samatov Mamasoli (noms de guerre: Abu Ali) (POW)	1 August 1998 – 6 August 2015 13 June 2016 – 2023 (split factions)
		Hizb ut-Tahrir Партия ва озод шудан	HT	Pan-Islamism Islamism Muslim supremacism Caliphalism Salafism Jihadism Desecularization Anti-Western sentiment Anti-nationalism Antisemitism Anti-Zionism Anti-democracy Anti-liberalism Anti-capitalism Anti-communism	Far-right	Ata Abu Rashta	1992–2024
		Islamic Renaissance Party of Uzbekistan O'zbekiston Islom Uyg'onish Partiyasi	IRPU	Islamism Pan-Islamism Jihadism Clericalism Anti-Russian sentiment Anti-Americanism Anti-Atlanticism Anti-communism Anti-Zionism		Abdullah Utabay	1990–1996
		Erk Democratic Party Erk Demokratik Partiyasi	EDP	National conservatism	Right-wing	Muhammad Salih	1990–1993
		Birdamlik People's Democratic Party “Birdamlik” xalq-demokratik partiyasi		Economic liberalism Populism	Centre-right	Bakhodir Khan Turkistan	2004–2024
		Unity Party Birlik partiyasi		Conservative liberalism National liberalism Pan-Turkism	Centre-right	Abdurakhim Pulat	1988–1994

Former parties

Party			Abbr.	Ideology	Political position	Leader	Years active
		Communist Party of Uzbekistan Ўзбекистон Коммунистик Партияси	UzKP	Communism Marxism–Leninism	Far-left	Islam Karimov	1925–1991
		Progress of the Fatherland Party Vatan Taraqqiyoti Partiyasi	VTP	Social conservatism Progressivism Economic liberalism Secularism Anti-communism	Centre-right	Axtam Tursunov	1992–2000
		Self-Sacrifice National Democratic Party Fidokorlar milliy demokratik partiyasi	FMDP	Conservatism	Right-wing	Axtam Tursunov	1999–2008

See also

• List of political parties by country

Bibliography

• Abdurasulov, Abdujalil (20 December 2019). "Questions over Uzbekistan's new era of 'openness'". BBC News. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
• "What ideas do political parties advance?". Uzbekistan Today. 15 November 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2021 – via The Permanent Mission of the Republic of Uzbekistan to the United Nations.