Islam Karimov

Islom Abdug‘aniyevich Karimov (Cyrillic Uzbek: Ислом Абдуғаниевич Каримов; Roushie: Ислам Абдуганиевич Каримов Islam Abduganiyevich Karimov) (30 Januar, 1938 - 2 September, 2016) wis an Uzbekistani politeecian who haes been the first Preses o Uzbekistan frae 1990 tae 2016.

 Rise tae pouer 
Karimov wis born in an orphanage in Samarkand, growin up tae study economics an ingineerin at varsity. He became an offeecial in the Communist Pairty o the Soviet Union, becomin the pairty's First Secretary in Uzbekistan in 1989. On Mairch 24, 1990 he became Preses o the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic. He declared Uzbekistan an independent naition on August 31, 1991 an subsequently wan Uzbekistan's first presidential election on December 29, 1991, wi 86% o the vote. The election wis cawed unfair, wi state-run propaganda an a falsified vote coont, awtho the opposin candidate an leader o the Erk  (Freedom) Pairty, Muhammad Salih, haed a chance tae participate.

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