Islam Karimov
Islam Karimov was born in Samarkand, Samarqand Region, Uzbekistan on January 30th, 1938 and is the Politician. At the age of 78, Islam Karimov biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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On August 31, 1991, he declared Uzbekistan a sovereign nation. He won a non-democratic presidential election on December 29, 1991, with 86% of the vote. According to foreign observers and opposition parties, voting irregularities were cited as evidenced by state-run propaganda and a falsified vote number. Karimov's first presidential term was postponed to 2000 by a referendum, and he was re-elected in 2000, 2007 and 2015, each time receiving more than 90% of the vote. After being president of the country for 25 years, he died of a stroke on September 2, 2016.
He ruled a repressive authoritarian dictatorship in Uzbekistan, where political opponents were assassinated, human rights were repressed, and opposition was forbidden.
Personal life
Natalya Petrovna Kuchmi, Karimov's first wife, married him in 1964, and the couple had a son together, Petr, before divorcing.
Tatyana Akbarovna Karimova, Karimova's wife, is of Tajik and Russian origins, whom he married in 1967. She is an economist. They had two daughters and five grandchildren.
Gulnara Karimova, the elder of his family, is a Uzbekistan diplomat, lecturer, and businessperson. She is the founder and chairperson of The Forum of Culture and Arts of Uzbekistan's Board of Trustees and a variety of non-governmental organizations focusing on cultural and social aspects of life in Uzbekistan. However, his first daughter is seen as less concerned than charitable, and accusations that her "organisations" are simply front companies for her numerous company interests and image propping propaganda are well documented.
Since February 2014, Gulnara has been under house arrest, it has been reported. She has been convicted of corruption, but has confirmed that the "charges against her are politically motivated."
Lola Karimova-Tillyaeva, Karimov's second daughter, is known in Uzbekistan for her work in education and sports, as well as advocating children's rights. "You are not alone" is the founder of two prominent charities in Uzbekistan, and the Republican Social Children's Fund for Aiding orphanage Children, as well as the Republican Center for Social Adaptation of Children, mainly focusing on disabled children and those from vulnerable groups.
(Islam Karimova Jr., Iman Karimova, Mariam Tillyaeva, Safiya Tillyaeva, Safiya Tillyaeva) Karimov and his second wife Tatyana Akbarovna Karimova share five grandchildren: (Islam Karimova Jr., Iman Karimova, Umar Tillyaeva, Safiya Tillyaeva)
Early life and career
Karimov was born in Samarkand to Uzbek parents who were civil servants. According to official records, his father, Abdug'ani Karimov, an Uzbek, and his mother, Sanobar Karimova, a Tajik, are in fact a Tajik. But according to unofficial reports, Bukharan Jews were the father of Bukharan Jewish. In 1941, he was sent to an orphanage, but in 1942 he was taken back to an orphanage, which was then returned to the orphanage in 1945. He graduated from high school in 1955. He earned a degree in mechanical engineering from the Central Asian Polytechnic Institute (now Tashkent State Technical University). He began working as an engineer before joining the Ministry of Water Resources of the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic, where he later became a scientist. He earned a master's degree in economics from Tashkent State University of Economics in 1967.
He rose from chief engineer to department chairman, then minister of Finance of the Uzbek SSR, Chairman of the State Planning Committee, and deputy chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Uzbek SSR from 1966 to 1986.
Karimov assumed the post of first secretary of the Kashkadarya Regional Committee of the Communist Party of the Uzbek SSR in 1986. After his predecessor, Rafiq Nishonov, failed to calm inter-ethnic conflicts and instability in the Fergana Region in 1989, he became the first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Uzbek SSR. He served as a member of the Central Committee and Politburo from 1990 to 1991. He was elected the first President of the Republic by the Uzbek Supreme Soviet on March 24, 1990.
Karimov declared Uzbekistan to be an independent republic on August 31, 1991, ten days after the failed coup attempt in Moscow; the second of the Central Asian republics to do so (after neighboring Kyrgyzstan); and Uzbekistan's Independence Day was declared on September 1st. The People's Democratic Party of Uzbekistan (UCP) has renamed the Uzbek Communist Party (UCP) in place of the People's Democratic Party of Uzbekistan (PDP). 86 percent of the population cast their votes for Karimov and 12.3 percent for his opponent, Muhammad Salih, chairman of the Erk (Freedom) Party in December 1991.