Constitution of Uzbekistan

The Constitution of Uzbekistan was adopted on 8 December 1992, replacing the Soviet-era constitution of 1978. It nominally separates power among the presidency, legislature and judiciary, though authority is heavily concentrated in the executive branch. The president serves five year terms, renewable once, as head of state and commander-in-chief, with powers to nominate the prime minister, appoint cabinet members and judges, and dissolve parliament. The bicameral Oliy Majlis comprises a 150-member Legislative Chamber and a 100-member Senate, of which sixteen senators are directly appointed by the president; the judiciary includes a Constitutional Court, Supreme Court and High Economic Court. In 2023 a referendum approved a revised constitution that expanded the document from 128 to 155 articles, extended the presidential term from five to seven years, and reset the count of the sitting president's previous terms, allowing additional consecutive terms despite the nominal two-term limit.