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GOVERNMENT AND POLITICAL CONDITIONS

In the early fourteenth century, however, as the empire began to break up into its constituent parts,

• In the early fourteenth century, however, as the empire began to break up into its constituent parts,
• the Chaghatai territory also was disrupted as the princes of various tribal groups competed for influence.
• One tribal chieftain, Timur (Tamerlane),emerged from these struggles in the 1380s as the dominant force in Mawarannahr.
• Although he was not a descendant of Chinggis, Timur became the de facto ruler of Mawarannahr and proceeded to conquer all of western Central Asia,
• Iran, Asia Minor, and the southern steppe region north of the Aral Sea. He also invaded Russia and India before dying during an invasion of China in 1405.

President and Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers--Islam Karimov

• President and Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers--Islam Karimov
• Prime Minister--Shavkat Mirziyaev
• Chairman of the Senate of the Parliament--Ilgizar Sabirov
• Speaker of the Legislative Chamber--Diloram Tashmukhamedova

Principal Government Officials

FOREIGN RELATIONS

• Uzbekistan is a member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), the United Nations, the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council, NATO Partnership for Peace, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), and the Economic Cooperation Organization--comprised of the five Central Asian countries, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. In 1999, Uzbekistan joined the GUAM alliance (Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, and Moldova), which was formed in 1997 (making it GUUAM), but formally withdrew in 2005. Uzbekistan hosts the Shanghai Cooperation Organization's (SCO) Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure (RATS) in Tashkent. In 2006, Uzbekistan joined the Eurasian Economic Community (EurASEC), comprising Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan, but subsequently withdrew in 2008.

The capital of Uzbekistan is Tashkent