Uzbekistan president wins referendum on extending powers

Shavkat Mirziyoyev will be able to remain in power until 2040 after Uzbeks backed changes in tightly controlled poll

Uzbekistan has overwhelmingly approved constitutional changes that will allow its president, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, to remain in power until 2040 in a tightly controlled referendum, election results showed on Monday.

Mirziyoyev, 65, became president in 2016 after the death of dictator Islam Karimov.