2020 in Uzbekistan

Events in the year 2020 in Uzbekistan.

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See also:	Other events of 2020 Timeline of Uzbek history

Incumbents

Mirziyoyev in 2018

• President: Shavkat Mirziyoyev
• Prime Minister: Abdulla Aripov
• Chairman of the Senate: Tanzila Norbaeva
• Speaker of the Legislative Chamber: Nurdinjon Ismoilov

Events

January

• January 5 – 2nd round of the 2019–20 Uzbek parliamentary election.^[1]

March

• March 15 – The first COVID-19 case in the country is confirmed, resulting in kindergartens, schools, and borders being closed.^[2][3]

• Since March 16 – Uzbekistan have been banned from gathering mass events gather with the participation of more than 10,000 participants.

• March 22 – The country ordered companies in Tashkent to do remote working, as well as making protective masks mandatory.^[4][5]
• March 27 – The first COVID-19 death was reported in the country.^[6][7]

Deaths

March

• March 9 – Azim Suyun, poet (b. 1948).^[8]

See also

• Uzbekistan portal
• Current events portal

Country overviews

• Uzbekistan
• History of Uzbekistan
• Outline of Uzbekistan
• Government of Uzbekistan
• Politics of Uzbekistan
• List of years in Uzbekistan

Related timelines for current period

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