İslam KERİMOV

2007, Strategic Vision Award offered for Statesman

İslam KERİMOV ( President of Uzbekistan )

He was born in Samarkand in 1938. He finished the Central Asian Polytechnic and the Tashkent State Institute of Economy. In 1983, he was appointed Minister of Finance of the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic (SSR), and in 1986, Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Uzbek SSR and Chairman of the State Planning Office. In 1989, he became first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Uzbek SSR and in 1990, elected President of the Uzbek SSR. After declaration of the independence of the Republic of Uzbekistan, he was elected President of the Republic of Uzbekistan in multi-candidate elections in December 1991. In 1995, in accordance with a national referendum, his period in office was extended to 2000. He was reelected President in 2000.