Islam Karimov

Yurtboshi[1] Hero of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov
Ислом Каримов Islom Karimov
Karimov in 2002
1st President of Uzbekistan
In office 1 September 1991 – 2 September 2016
Prime Minister	Abdulhashim Mutalov (1992–1995) Oʻtkir Sultonov (1995–2003) Shavkat Mirziyoyev (2003–2016)
Vice President	Shukrullo Mirsaidov (1990–1992)
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Nigmatilla Yuldashev (Acting) Shavkat Mirziyoyev
President of the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic
In office 24 March 1990 – 1 September 1991
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Office abolished
First Secretary of the Communist Party of Uzbekistan
In office 23 June 1989 – 1 September 1991
Preceded by	Rafiq Nishonov (1988–1989)
Succeeded by	Office abolished
Personal details
Born	Islom Abdugʻaniyevich Karimov (1938-01-30)30 January 1938 Samarkand, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union (now Uzbekistan)
Died	2 September 2016(2016-09-02) (aged 78) Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Political party	Communist Party of Uzbekistan (Before 1991) People's Democratic Party (1991–2006) Liberal Democratic Party (2006–2016)
Spouse(s)	Natalya Kuchmi (m. 1964; div. circa 1966) Tatyana Karimova (m. 1967; 2016; his death)
Children	Petr Gulnara Lola

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Islam Abduganiyevich Karimov^[a] (30 January 1938 – 2 September 2016) was an Uzbek politician who led 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 (O‘zXDP); he led the O‘zXDP 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.^[2]

He declared Uzbekistan as an independent nation on August 31, 1991. He subsequently won a non-democratic presidential election on 29 December 1991, with 86% of the vote. Foreign observers and the opposition cited voting irregularities,^[3] alleging state-run propaganda and a falsified vote count. Karimov's first presidential term was extended to 2000 by way of a referendum, and he was re-elected in 2000, 2007 and 2015, each time receiving over 90% of the vote. He died from a stroke on 2 September 2016, after being president of the country for 25 years.^[4]

He ruled a repressive authoritarian regime in Uzbekistan where political opponents were assassinated, human rights were repressed, and dissent was prohibited but the capital punishment was repealed in 1998.^[5][6][7]

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