Islam Karimov
Islom Abdug‘aniyevich Karimov (Cyrillic Uzbek: Ислом Абдуғаниевич Каримов; Roushie: Ислам Абдуганиевич Каримов Islam Abduganiyevich Karimov) (born Januar 30, 1938) is an Uzbekistani politeecian who haes been the first Preses o Uzbekistan since 1990.
[edit] Rise tae pouer
Karimov wis born in an orphanage in Samarkand, growin up tae study economics an ingineerin at university. 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, although the opposin candidate an leader o the Erk (Freedom) Pairty, Muhammad Salih, haed a chance tae participate.