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ISLAM KARIMOV
The President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov was born on January 30, 1938, in Samarkand. He graduated from two higher education insti­tutes. He obtained the qualifications of an engineer-me­chanic and an economic sciences degree.

He began his career in 1960 as a deputy master in one of Tashkent's plants, where he subsequently worked as a master and technological engineer. In 1961 Karimov started working at Tashkent's aviation association as a senior de­signer-engineer.

In 1966 he joined "Gosplan" of the former Uzbek So­viet Socialist Republic, where he rose from a senior special­ist of a scientific department to First Deputy Chairman of the State Planning Committee (Gosplan) of the Uzbek Republic. In 1983 Islam Karimov was appointed Finance Minister of the Republic. In 1986 he was appointed Deputy Prime Minister of the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic, then Chairman of the "Gosplan" of the Republic. In 1986 he occupied a number of leading posts in the Central Commit­tee of the Communist Party of Uzbekistan. On March 24, 1990, Islam Karimov was elected presi­dent of the Republic at a parliamentary session. A year later the people of Uzbekistan endorsed the decisions of Parlia­ment and on December 29, 1991, Islam Karimov, Chair­man of the People's Democratic Party of Uzbekistan, was elected president of the independent Republic of Uzbekistan. The President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov is the au­thor of a lot of scientific works. His major works have been translated into many foreign languages. Islam Karimov is the honorary member of the Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan as well as the doctor of some outstanding fo­reign universities. Islam Karimov was awarded the orders of "Hero of Uzbekistan" (1994), "Independence" (1996) and "Amir Temur" (1998).

Besides, for his merits in the development of interna­tional co-operation, in strengthening peace and spirituality in Uzbekistan and in promoting sports in the country Islam Karimov has been awarded by a number of orders of inter­national organisations and prestigious foreign countries.