Editing Uzbekistan (section)

===Independence===
On 20 June 1990, Uzbekistan declared its state sovereignty. On 31 August 1991, Uzbekistan declared independence after the [[1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt|failed coup attempt]] in Moscow. 1 September was proclaimed National Independence Day. The Soviet Union was [[Dissolution of the Soviet Union|dissolved]] on 26 December of that year. [[Islam Karimov]], previously first secretary of the Communist Party of Uzbekistan since 1989, was elected president of the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic in 1990. After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, he was elected president of independent Uzbekistan.<ref>{{cite web|title=Islam Karimov {{!}} president of Uzbekistan|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Islam-Karimov|access-date=8 July 2021|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en}}</ref> An authoritarian ruler, Karimov died in September 2016.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-37218158|title=Obituary: Uzbekistan President Islam Karimov|website=[[BBC News]]|date=2 October 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160903142534/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-37218158|archive-date=3 September 2016}}</ref> He was replaced by his long-time [[Prime Minister of Uzbekistan|Prime Minister]], [[Shavkat Mirziyoyev]], on 14 December of the same year.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/05/uzbekistan-elects-shavkat-mirziyoyev-president-islam-karimov|title = Uzbekistan elects Shavkat Mirziyoyev as president|website = [[TheGuardian.com]]|date = 5 December 2016|access-date = 4 May 2021|archive-date = 2 February 2023|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230202215308/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/05/uzbekistan-elects-shavkat-mirziyoyev-president-islam-karimov|url-status = live}}</ref> On 6 November 2021, Mirziyoyev was sworn into his second term in office, after gaining a landslide victory in presidential [[2021 Uzbek presidential election|election.]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Uzbek president secures second term in landslide election victory |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/10/25/uzbek-president-secures-second-term-in-landslide-election-victory |work=www.aljazeera.com |date=25 October 2021 |language=en |access-date=20 December 2021 |archive-date=2 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202215317/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/10/25/uzbek-president-secures-second-term-in-landslide-election-victory |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Uzbek president pledges constitutional reform {{!}} Eurasianet |url=https://eurasianet.org/uzbek-president-pledges-constitutional-reform |work=eurasianet.org |date=7 November 2021 |language=en |access-date=20 December 2021 |archive-date=2 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202215319/https://eurasianet.org/uzbek-president-pledges-constitutional-reform |url-status=live }}</ref>