People's Democratic Party of Uzbekistan
The People's Democratic Party of Uzbekistan is a centre-left political party in Uzbekistan founded in 1991.History
The PDP was founded in October 1991 after the Communist Party of Uzbekistan voted to cut its ties with the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and change its name to PDP.Leadership
The party was led by President Islam Karimov since its foundation until 1996, at which point Karimov stepped down and resigned his membership.
Karimov created the Uzbekistan Liberal Democratic Party in 2003, and despite self-identifying with different ideologies, the parties are widely seen no different from each other, with the Liberal Democratic Party being created to give an illusion of a competitive multi-party system. This is supported by the fact that the PDP has remained supportive of Karimov's policies and retained his favor. In 2013, Hotamzhon Ketmonov was elected chairman of the PDP. Ketmonov ran as the party's candidate in the 2015 presidential election, receiving 2.92% of the vote.Electoral history
