ISLOM KARIMOV

(Islam Abduganiyevich Karimov)


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Islom Karimov
Islom Karimov
  • Born: January 30, 1938
  • Died: September 2, 2016
  • Nationality: Australian
  • Profession: Actress

Islam Abduganiyevich Karimov was the leader of Uzbekistan and its predecessor state, the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic, from 1989 until his death in 2016. He was the last First Secretary of the Communist Party of Uzbekistan from 1989 to 1991, when the party was reconstituted as the People's Democratic Party of Uzbekistan (PDP); he led the PDP until 1996. He was the President of the Uzbek SSR from 24 March 1990 until he declared the independence of Uzbekistan on 1 September 1991.