Islam Karimov, Uzbekistan’s first President, was born in Samarkand, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union, on January 30, 1938, to a Tajik father and an Uzbek mother. His father, Karim Bai, was a labourer, and his mother, Sanobar, was a housewife. Islam had two brothers and three sisters. Karimov’s ethnicity is a subject of debate. Some sources identify him as an Uzbek, while others identify him as...
The Founding Father and The First President of Uzbekistan
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