Islam Karimov
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Islam Abduganievitj Karimov (30 January 1938 – 2 September 2016) was the first President of Uzbekistan from 1990 to 2016.
On 29 August 2016 he was reported to be in intensive care, after suffering a stroke.[1]
It was announced that Karimov died on 2 September 2016.[2] The government confirmed the news later that day.[2]
Islam Karimov Media
A 2006 Uzbek stamp featuring Karimov and Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh
Karimov (2nd from right) at the 2010 CSTO meeting in Moscow Kremlin
Karimov meets with U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld in the Pentagon on March 13, 2002
Russian President Vladimir Putin meeting with Karimov in Ufa in 2015
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry with Karimov in Samarkand in November 2015
Karimov, Karimov's wife (right) and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak in Seoul, 11 February 2010
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Bibliography
- Bohr, Annette Uzbekistan: Politics and Foreign Policy London: Royal Institute of International Affairs (1998) ISBN 1-86203-081-2
- Schatz, Edward (2006). "Access by Accident: Legitimacy Claims and Democracy Promotion in Authoritarian Central Asia". International Political Science Review. 27 (3): 263–284. doi:10.1177/0192512106064463. JSTOR 20445055. S2CID 145546950.
References
- ↑ "President Islam Karimov of Uzbekistan Suffers Brain Hemorrhage, Daughter Says". The New York Times. 29 August 2016. https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/30/world/asia/uzbekistan-president-islam-karimov.html. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Islam Karimov: Uzbekistan president's death confirmed". BBC. 2016-09-02. Retrieved 2016-09-02.