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 Karimov statue adjacent to Registon Square and Mausoleum.
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opponents were assassinated, human rights were repressed, and dissent was prohibited but the capital punishment was repealed in 1998.[5][6][7]
^"Юртбаши умер – да здравствует юртбаши. Каримова сменит Мирзияев?". Archived from the original on 4 November 2019. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
^Hierman, Brent (2016). Russia and Eurasia 2016-2017. The World Today Series, 47th edition. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-4758-2898-6. p. 314.
^Armanini, A. J. (2002). Politics and Economics of Central Asia. Nova Publishers. p. 36. ISBN 9781590331828. Archived from the original on 17 August 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
^"Islam Karimov: Uzbekistan president's death confirmed". BBC. 2 September 2016. Archived from the original on 3 September 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
^"Uzbek Leader Islam Karimov Was A Dictator In The Classic Mould". Sky News. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
^"Uzbekistan plunged into uncertainty by death of dictator Islam Karimov". the Guardian. 2 September 2016. Archived from the original on 3 June 2021. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
^Schenkkan, Nate. "Islam Karimov and the Dictator's Playbook". Foreign Policy. Archived from the original on 3 July 2021. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
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