Shukrullo Mirsaidov

Formerly mayor of Tashkent and a key ally of the first Uzbek President Islam Karimov,[1] Mirsaidov had served as the last Chairman of the Council of Ministers (prime minister) of the Uzbek SSR (1990) and then as Vice President of Uzbekistan until Karimov abolished this office on 8 January 1992.

"[3] In 1993, he formed the Forum of Democratic Forces as an attempt to unite parties opposed to Karimov's rule.

[4] Mirsaidov created a new party, Adolat (Justice) in December 1994, calling for liberal economic reforms, political pluralism and secularism.

[5] Mirsaidov spent the rest of his life in Tashkent as an ordinary retiree and is said to have suffered from a heart disease.

Mirsaidov was buried in the Teshik Kapak Cemetery in Tashkent.