Islam Abduganievich Karimov was born on January 30 1938 in Samarkand into a family of civil servants. He is Uzbek by nationality and has a higher degree. He finished the Central Asian Polytechnic and the Tashkent Institute of national economy, receiving degrees as an engineer-mechanic and economist.

He began work in 1960 at Tashselmash. From 1961-66 he worked as an engineer, a leading engineer-constructor at the Chkalov Tashkent aviation production complex.

In 1966 he started work at the State planning office of the UzSSR where he worked as chief specialist and later as first deputy chairman of the State planning office.

In 1983 I. Karimov was appointed Minister of finance of the UzSSR, in 1986 – deputy chairman of the Council of Ministers of the UzSSR and chairman of the State planning office.

In 1986-89 he was first secretary of the Kashkadarya provincial party committee. From June 1989 – first secretary of the Central committee of the Communist Party of Uzbekistan.

On March 24, 1990, he was elected President of the Uzbek SSR.

On August 31, 1991, he declared the independence of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

On December 29, 1991 he was elected President of the Republic of Uzbekistan in multi-candidate elections.

On March 26, 1995, in accordance with a national referendum, his period in office was extended to 2000.

On January 9, 2000, in elections that included choice, Islam Abduganievich Karimov was reelected as head of state.

I. Karimov is married, with two daughters and three grandchildren. His wife T.A. Karimova is an economist and scientific worker.

President Karimov meets with the Patriarch of All-Russia, Alexiy the Second
President Karimov and French President Jacques Chirac
President Karimov and U.S. President Bill Clinton in the Oval Office
President Karimov meets with German Chansellor Helmut Kohl
President Karimov and IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch
President Karimov meets with China's President Jiang Zemin
President Karimov presents Avicenna Medal to UNESCO Secretary General Federico Mayor
President Islam Karimov
President Islam Karimov speaks

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