Islam Karimov
Islom Abdug‘aniyevich Karimov (Cyrillic Uzbek: Ислом Абдуғаниевич Каримов; Russian: Ислам Абдуганиевич Каримов, Islam Abduganiyevich Karimov) (born January 30, 1938) is the first President of Uzbekistan, serving since 1989.
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