Shukrullo Mirsaidov
Shukrullo Raxmatovich Mirsaidov was a politician in Uzbekistan. He was born in Leninabad, Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic.
Formerly mayor of Tashkent and a key ally of the first Uzbek President Islam Karimov, Mirsaidov had served as the last Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Uzbek SSR and then as Vice President of Uzbekistan until Karimov abolished this office on 8 January 1992.
Mirsaidov criticised Karimov's administration, posing the most significant political threat to the administration at that time. Before his resignation, he sent an open letter to Karimov stating, "democracy and a policy of openness are being replaced by an authoritarian regime." In 1993, he formed the Forum of Democratic Forces as an attempt to unite parties opposed to Karimov's rule. It was unsuccessful. Mirsaidov created a new party, Adolat in December 1994, calling for liberal economic reforms, political pluralism and secularism.
Mirsaidov died in Tashkent at the age of 73 on 1 November 2012.
