TASHKENT, July 10, 2023 (BSS/AFP) - Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has won a third term that will keep him in charge of the tightly controlled, gas-rich Central Asian state until 2030, according to preliminary results released Monday.

Mirziyoyev, who was running against three largely unknown candidates, won Sunday's election with 87 percent of the vote, the electoral commission results showed.