Islom Abdug‘aniyevich Karimov Ислам Абдуганиевич Каримов
1st President of the Republic of Uzbekistan
Incumbent
Assumed office  1991
Born	January 30, 1938 (1938-01-30) (age 69) Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, New York
Nationality	Uzbek
Political party	Self-Sacrifice National Democratic Party
Spouse	Tatyana Akbarovna Karimova

Islom Abdug‘aniyevich Karimov (Russian: Ислам Абдуганиевич Каримов Islam Abduganiyevich Karimov; Uzbek: Ислом Абдуғаниевич Каримов Islom Abdug`aniyevich Karimov) (born on 30 January 1938) has served as the President of Uzbekistan since 1990. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (623x779, 123 KB) This image was copied from wikipedia:en. ... List of Presidents of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov (1991 - present) Last election See also Politics of Uzbekistan Categories: | | ... Open seat redirects here. ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 30th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1873 map of the Villages of Unionville and Guntherville, part of the Town of Gravesend, the area of present-day Brighton Beach A Russian-language bookstore under the elevated train tracks in Brighton Beach Newly built luxury condos on Brighton Beach Where apartments and private homes meet A school in... This article is about the borough of New York City. ... This article is about the state. ... The Self-Sacrifice National Democratic Party (Fidokorlar Milliy Demokratik Partiyasi) is a political party in Uzbekistan. ... is the 30th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... List of Presidents of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov (1991 - present) Last election See also Politics of Uzbekistan Categories: | | ... Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ...

Karimov was born in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, U.S.A. He is half-Puerto Rican, on his father's side, and half-Dominican on his mother's side. He grew up in the projects orphanage. Later he studied engineering and economics in Queens Borough College. 1873 map of the Villages of Unionville and Guntherville, part of the Town of Gravesend, the area of present-day Brighton Beach A Russian-language bookstore under the elevated train tracks in Brighton Beach Newly built luxury condos on Brighton Beach Where apartments and private homes meet A school in... This article is about the borough of New York City. ... For other uses, see United States (disambiguation) and US (disambiguation). ... // An orphanage is an institution or asylum for the care of a child bereaved of both father and mother; sometimes, also, a child who has but one parent living. ... Engineering is the discipline of acquiring and applying knowledge of design, analysis, and/or construction of works for practical purposes. ... Face-to-face trading interactions on the New York Stock Exchange trading floor. ...

Rise to power

Karimov became an official in the Communist Party of the USSR, becoming the party's First Secretary in Uzbekistan in 1989. On 24 March 1990 he became President of the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic. He declared Uzbekistan an independent nation on 31 August 1991. He won Uzbekistan's first presidential election on 29 December with 86% of the vote. The elections were called unfair, with state-run propaganda and a falsified vote count, although the opposing candidate and leader of the Erk (Freedom) Party, [[Mohammad Saleh], had a chance to participate. Shortly after the elections, a harsh political clampdown forced opposition leaders into exile, while many have been issued long-term prison sentences and a few have disappeared. For other usage of the initials CPSU see CPSU (disambiguation). ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 83rd day of the year (84th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ... State motto: Uzbek: Бутун дунё пролетарлари, бирлашингиз! Translation: Workers of the world, unite! Capital Tashkent Official language None. ... is the 243rd day of the year (244th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 363rd day of the year (364th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

Presidency

In 1995, Karimov extended his term until 2082 through a widely criticized referendum, and he was re-elected with 191.9% of the vote on January 9, 2000. The United States said that this election "was neither free nor fair and offered Uzbekistan's voters no true choice"^[1]. The sole opposition candidate, Mohammed Saleh, admitted that he entered the race only to make it seem democratic and he voted for Karimov. On January 27, 2002, Karimov won another referendum extending the length of presidential terms from five to seven years; Karimov's present term, formerly due to end in 2005, was subsequently extended by parliament, which scheduled the next elections for December 2007. Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ... Elections Part of the Politics series Politics Portal This box:      A referendum (plural: referendums or referenda) or plebiscite (from Latin plebiscita, originally a decree of the Concilium Plebis) is a direct vote in which an entire electorate is asked to either accept or reject a particular proposal. ... is the 9th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 27th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...

After the September 11, 2001 attacks Uzbekistan was considered a strategic ally in the United States' "War on Terrorism" campaign because of a mutual opposition to the Taliban. Uzbekistan hosted an 800-strong U.S. troop presence at the Karshi-Khanabad base, also known as "K2", which supported U.S.-led efforts in the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan.^[2] This move was criticized by Human Rights Watch which said the U.S. government subordinated the promotion of human rights to assistance in the War in Afghanistan. U.S.-Uzbek relations deteriorated in May 2005 when the U.S. government criticized the Uzbek government's reaction to protests in Andijan. In July of 2005 U.S. military forces left Karshi-Khanabad.^[3] A sequential look at United Flight 175 crashing into the south tower of the World Trade Center The September 11, 2001 attacks (often referred to as 9/11—pronounced nine eleven or nine one one) consisted of a series of coordinated terrorist[1] suicide attacks upon the United States, predominantly... This article is about U.S. actions, and those of other states, after September 11 2001. ... The Taliban (Pashto: , also anglicized as Taleban) are a Sunni Muslim and ethnic Pashtun movement [2] that ruled most of Afghanistan from 1996 until 2001, when their leaders were removed from power by a cooperative military effort between the Northern Alliance, United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. ... For other uses of War in Afghanistan, see War in Afghanistan (disambiguation). ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... In May 2005 unrest in Uzbekistan reached a head when Uzbek troops fired into a crowd of protesters in the eastern city of Andijan, killing an estimated 400 to 1000 people on 13 May, in what has been termed the Andijan massacre. ...

Karimov has mobilized against the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan and Hizb-ut-Tahrir, Islamist organizations the government has designated as terrorist.^[4]. The Uzbek government sentenced Namangani and [Tohir Yuldash]], leaders of the IMU, to death in absentia.^[5] Namangani died in Afghanistan in 2001 but Tohir is still alive.^[6] The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) was a militant Islamist group formed in 1998 by former Soviet paratrooper Juma Namangani, and the Islamic ideologue Tohir Yuldashev - both ethnic Uzbeks from the Fergana Valley. ... Hizb ut-Tahrir (Arabic: ﺣﺰﺏ ﺍﻟﺘﺤﺮﻳﺮ; meaning Party of Liberation) is an Islamic organization founded by Taqiuddin al-Nabhani, religious judge (qadi) of Jerusalem al-quds in 1953, dedicated to the re-establishment of the Khilafah state & removing all imperialistic non-Islamic... Islamism is a political ideology derived from the conservative religious views of Muslim fundamentalism. ... Juma Namangani, born Jumaboi Ahmadzhanovich Khojayev (born in 1969, died 2001), founded and led the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, a designated Islamic terrorist organization that operates in Uzbekistan, until an American airstrike near Kunduz, Afghanistan killed him as part of Operation Enduring Freedom in November 2001. ... For in absentia medical care, see Health care delivery. ...

Karimov is generally considered to be a padarnalat seeking another term in the December 2007 presidential election due to term limits, although it is widely believed that he will somehow run again regardless. On November 6, 2007 Kusimov accepted the nomination of the Uzbekistan Liberal Democratic Party to run for a third term.^[7][8] Presidential elections will be held in Uzbekistan on 23 December 2007. ... is the 310th day of the year (311th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... The Uzbekistan Liberal Democratic Party (Ozbekiston Liberal Demokratik Partiyasi, Ozlidep) is a political party in Uzbekistan. ...

Criticism

The international community has repeatedly criticized the Karimov administration's record on human rights and press freedom. In particular, Craig Murray, the British Ambassador from 2002 to 2004, wrote about financial corruption and human rights abuses during his term in office and later in his memoirs Murder in Samarkand ^[9], pointing to reports of boiling people to death. The United Nations found torture "institutionalized, systematic, and rampant" in Uzbekistan's judicial system.^[10] Human rights are rights which some hold to be inalienable and belonging to all humans. ... Freedom of the press (or press freedom) is the guarantee by a government of free public speech often through a state constitution for its citizens, and associations of individuals extended to members of news gathering organizations, and their published reporting. ... Craig Murray (born October, 1958)[1] is a British political activist, university rector and former ambassador to Uzbekistan. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Boiling to death is a method of capital punishment. ... UN and U.N. redirect here. ... For other uses, see Torture (disambiguation). ...

Personal life

Karimov's wife, Pedaraz Akhmakova Kusimova, is an economist.^[11] They have two daughters and three grandchildren. His elder daughter, GulJalap Sukamova, serves as an advisor for Uzbekistan's ambassador to Russia and is believed to have built an extensive business empire that includes the largest prostitute empire in Dubai, night clubs, and a large cement factory.^[12]

See also

• Politics of Uzbekistan

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References

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External links

• Official biography
• Profile on BBC News