Gulnara Karimova
| Gulnara Karimova | |
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Gulnara Karimova, photographed in 2009
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| Uzbekistan’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva | |
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In office 2008–2011 |
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| Ambassador of Uzbekistan to Spain | |
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In office 2010–2011 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
8 July 1972 Fergana, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union |
| Mother | Tatyana Karimova |
| Father | Islam Abduganievich Karimov |
| Relatives | Lola Karimova-Tillyaeva (sister) |
| Alma mater |
Tashkent State University Harvard University |
Gulnara Islomovna Karimova (Cyrillic Uzbek: Гулнора Исломовна Каримова; Russian: Гульнара Исламовна Каримова, Gul'nara Islamovna Karimova; 8 July 1972) is the elder daughter of Islam Karimov, the leader of Uzbekistan from 1989 to his death in 2016. Karimova is the founder of the Forum of Culture and Arts of Uzbekistan Foundation and chairperson of its Board of Trustees; she is also the head of a number of NGOs focused on cultural and social aspects of life in Uzbekistan.
In 2015, an investigation by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project reported that Karimova had taken over $US1 billion in bribes from Scandinavian and Russian telecom companies wanting involvement in the Uzbek market. Karimova is also under investigation in Uzbekistan on charges of corruption, although she denies any wrongdoing.
Karimova graduated from the Youth Mathematic Academy in Tashkent in 1988. During 1987 she interned at the State Committee of Uzbekistan on Statistics. From 1989 to 1994 she attended Tashkent State University, where she obtained a bachelor's degree from the International Economics department. During her second year, she worked as a translator at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Republic of Uzbekistan. In 1992 she completed a course of jewellery design in New York's Fashion Institute of Technology.
Between 1994 and 1996 she was enrolled at Institute of Economy at the Uzbekistan Academy of Science where she pursued a master's degree. During 1994-1995 she was intern-teacher at the political science department of the University of World Economy and Diplomacy in Tashkent. Afterwards, from summer 1995 until 1996 she worked at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan at the department for political analysis and forecast, where she was assigned to write analytical reports for the State Security Council and the Presidential Administration.
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