Communist Party of Uzbekistan

For the banned 1994 Communist Party of Uzbekistan, see Communist Party of Uzbekistan (1994).

The Communist Party of Uzbekistan (Russian: Коммунистическая партия Узбекистана, romanized: Kommunisticheskaya partiya Uzbekistana, Uzbek: Ўзбекистон Коммунистик Партияси, romanized: Oʻzbekiston Kommunistik Partiyasi) was the ruling communist party of the Uzbek SSR which operated as a republican branch of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU).^[1] On 14 September 1991, the party announced its withdrawal from the CPSU.^[2]

Communist Party of Uzbekistan Коммунистическая партия Узбекистана Ўзбекистон Коммунистик Партияси Oʻzbekiston Kommunistik Partiyasi
Founded	12 February 1925
Dissolved	3 November 1991
Succeeded by	People's Democratic Party of Uzbekistan
Ideology	Communism Marxism–Leninism
Political position	Far-left
National affiliation	Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Colours	Red
Party flag
Politics of Uzbekistan Political parties Elections

First Secretaries

No.	Picture	Name (birth–death)	Took office	Left office	Political party
First Secretary
1		Vladimir Ivanov (1893–1938)	12 February 1925	1927	CPSU
2		Kuprian Kirkizh (1886–1932)	1927	April 1929	CPSU
3		Nikolai Gikalo (1897–1938)	April 1929	11 June 1929	CPSU
4		Isaak Zelensky (1890–1938)	June 1929	December 1929	CPSU
5		Akmal Ikramov (1898–1938)	December 1929	21 September 1937	CPSU
6		Pyotr Yakovlev (?–?)	21 September 1937	27 September 1937	CPSU
7		Usman Yusupov (1901–1966)	27 September 1937	7 April 1950	CPSU
8		Amin Niyazov (1903–1973)	7 April 1950	22 December 1955	CPSU
9		Nuritdin Mukhitdinov (1917–2008)	22 December 1955	28 December 1957	CPSU
10		Sobir Kamolov (1910–1990)	28 December 1957	15 March 1959	CPSU
11		Sharof Rashidov (1917–1983)	15 March 1959	31 October 1983	CPSU
12		Inomjon Usmonxoʻjayev (1932–2017)	3 November 1983	12 January 1988	CPSU
13		Rafiq Nishonov (1927–2023)	12 January 1988	23 June 1989	CPSU
14		Islam Karimov (1938–2016)	23 June 1989	3 November 1991	CPSU