TASHKENT, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Uzbekistan's incumbent president, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, has overwhelmingly won a third term.
The Uzbek Central Election Commission said Monday that the president gained 87.1 percent of the vote in a snap election on Sunday.
Candidate of the Liberal Democratic Party of Uzbekistan, Mirziyoyev promised in his pre-election campaign that he would continue his reform agenda to liberalize the economy and develop green energy, education, health, and tourism, as well as to better protect people's fundamental freedoms.
Mirziyoyev previously won presidential elections in 2016 and 2021.
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