Biography
Islam Abduganiyevich Karimov is the Soviet and Uzbek politician, the head of Uzbekistan since 1989, one of the two unchanging presidents of the post-Soviet states along with Nursultan Nazarbayev.
Islam was born at the end of January 1938 in the family of serving Abdugani Karimov. The boy's childhood was not easy. When Islam turned three years old, the parents placed the baby for several months to the orphanage. But in 1945, Karimov returns again to the shelter. Apparently, parents became difficult to maintain a large family: Islam had a six brothers and one sister.
After receiving the certificate of maturity, the young man enters the Central Asian Polytechnic Institute located in Tashkent, which receives a specialty mechanical engineer.
Politics
In 1960, the future president of the country as an assistant master begins to work at the Tashselmash factory. Gradually, he served to the leading engineer in the USSR at the aviation association named after Valery Chkalov, and later came to the Ministry of Water Management of the Uzbek SSR.
In order for the education to be part of the office, Islam Abduganievich received the second higher in the Tashkent Institute of National Economy. One specialist diploma this time he did not limit himself and defended his candidate minimum, becoming a candidate of economic sciences.
Gradually, Karimov moved on the service staircase. After the Ministry of Water Transport, he as the minister was engaged in Finance of Uzbekistan, and later became the first secretaries of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Republic. This post after the collapse of the Soviet Union allowed the ambitious man to become the head of the newly formed state.
Initially, Islam Karimov agitated compatriots to give votes on the referendum for the preservation of the USSR. And residents of Uzbekistan listened to their leader - 93% of people did not want to part with the Soviet Union. However, 10 days after the Karimov couch, the first of the Central Asian politicians announced the independence of his republic.
The rule of Islam Abduganievich can not be called calm. During the 1990s, the opposition was intensified, there were many terrorist attacks, especially the Fergana Valley suffered from the hands of Islamists. The president had to make tight measures to restore order in the country. Often Islam Karimov personally traveled to hot local dots to negotiations with invaders. As a result, the Islamists completely left Uzbekistan, but some remained underground.
Initially, for the sake of maintaining peace on the border with Tajikistan and preventing the threat from Afghanistan, Islam Karimov provided the territory of Uzbekistan US military bases. The President of the Republic diplomatically accounted for the question of the question of the tense relations of Russia and America, which competently building the interaction policy with each power.
In 2005, Islam Karimov had to suppress the power of the uprising in the country. The scenario of the development of the Orange Revolution, the President refused the United States in the further placement of military bases and concluded an agreement with the Russian Ministry of Defense for military support from Russia. Soon Uzbekistan joined the Eurasian Economic Community, finally taking the course for rapprochement with the Russian Federation.
Karimov's opponents argue that the life of the people during his leadership did not change for the better. Nevertheless, in each election campaign, the current president retained the post, and I have never gained less than 90% of the votes. The last time he was re-elected at the end of March 2015.
During the reign of Islam Karimov issued a number of books, most of which saw the light in the 90s. First of all, there were works "Uzbekistan: his way of renewal and progress", "Motherland - sacred for everyone", "Ideology is a unifying flag of nation, society, states."
Since the president was a supporter of national development, he considered the experience of communicating with the Russian Empire, and then staying as part of the USSR negative for the Uzbek people. Basmaci, acting against the power of the Red, Karimov called the liberators of the Motherland. Already in the first years of the reign of Islam Abduganievich, in Uzbekistan, Russian language gradually disappeared from everybody, only representatives of the Uzbek nation were appointed to leadership posts.
Personal life
Islam Karimov was married twice. With the first wife of Natalia Kuchmi, the young man met immediately after the end of the institute. The marriage was short-lived, although I was presented to Islam Abduganievich heir. Initially, the son gave the name Rustam, but after the divorce, the mother changed the documents and renamed the child in Peter, in honor of his father. In the official biography of Islam Karimov never reported on the first family, even joint photos were not preserved.
Soon Karimov married the second time. At this time, his wife was a graduate of the Economic Faculty of Tatiana Akbarovna. Two daughters - Gulnara and Lola appeared in this family. Both were educated in the field of international relations, worked on diplomatic positions. Thanks to daughters, Islam Abduganievich has five grandchildren.
True, the sisters do not communicate with each other for a long time, since, according to Lola, they are absolutely different people looking at the same things at the opposite angle of view, and they just do not talk about. By the way, according to some Uzbek media, the father in 2014 removed Gulnara from a prestigious post, as she was noticed in corruption, and placed under house arrest.
Health status
Starting from 2010, the health of the President of Uzbekistan left much to be desired. In 2013, Islam Abduganievich had a heart attack, but the politician quickly recovered. At the end of August 2016, Karimov, suffering from a number of chronic diseases, suffered hemorrhage into the brain and was hospitalized in the country's best hospital. At that time, the severity of the attack was not reported, but was questioned the possibility of the presence of Islam Abduganievich at the anniversary celebration of Independence Day, which was held on September 1.Death
September 2 at 18:15 AT MSC, the President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov died of a heart stop. In the official medical conclusion about the death of Karimov, it was stated that the permanent Uzbek leader had suffered a stroke, after which he fell into an atonic to someone and was connected to the artificial ventilation of the lungs.
After stopping the cardiac activity, Karimov, physicians have established him intensive therapy, but it did not give results - the biological death of the Uzbek chapter was recorded at 20:55 local time (18:55 Moscow time).
It is known that the leading physicians of Tashkent and Neurosurgeons with Monaco, Finland and Germany fought for the life of Karimov. Also, Russian neurosurgeons participated in the treatment of President Uzbekistan.
The funeral of Islam Karimov was held in his homeland, in Samarkand, September 3. He was buried next to the mother and brothers near the Hazret-HzR architectural complex on the historic cemetery of the country.
A delegation from 17 countries has arrived at the farewell ceremony with Karimov. Tens of thousands of citizens also left the city streets, which, without hiding tears, grieved about the death of the country's permanent leader.
By the date of the first anniversary of the death of the first President in Tashkent, the monument to Islam Karimov was officially opened. The location of the monument was selected the area in front of the former residence of Aksarai, which also appeared a charity fund and the scientific and educational museum named after Islam Karimov. September 2 in Uzbekistan became the official day of memory of the first president of Uzbekistan.
At the end of January 2018, the solemn discovery of the Mausoleum of Islam Karimov was held on the spot of his grave.
Memory
- Monument I. Karimov in Tashkent
- Charitable Public Foundation
- Scientific and educational memorial complex
- Mausoleum I. Karimova