People's Democratic Party of Uzbekistan

The People's Democratic Party of Uzbekistan ( Uzbek: Ozbekiston Xalq Demokratik Partiyasi, abbreviation OXDP or XDP ) is a political party in Uzbekistan and has long been the conservative- nationalist ruling party of the young state.

The current chairman is Asliddin Aschurbajewitsch Rustamow. The party has long been led by the President Islom Karimov, who is still president, however, has now changed sides and chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party of Uzbekistan is.

The party accepts the authoritarian leadership of the country and considers himself a conservative values ​​.

History

The party was officially founded on November 1, as the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic of the Soviet Union became independent.

The Communist Party of the Uzbek SSR decided in October 1991 to break away from the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and changed its name to People's Democratic Party - OXDP switch change.

At the same time, the party experienced a strong shift to the right from socialism back to conservatism.