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Exercise 5. Make up your own topic using additional information.
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN

The president of the Republic of Uzbekistan is Islam Karimov. He was born on January 30, 1938, in Samarkand and graduated from two higher education institutes. He obtained the qualifications of an engineer-mechanic and an economic sciences degree.

He began his career in 1960 as a deputy master in one of Tashkent’s plants, where he subsequently worked as a master and technological engineer. In 1961 Karimov started working at Tashkent’s aviation association as a senior designer-engineer. In 1966 he joined “Gosplan” of the former Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic, where ho rose from a senior specialist of a scientific department to First Deputy Chairman of the State Planning Committee (Gosplan) of the Uzbek Republic. In 1983 he was appointed Finance Minister of the Republic. In 1986 he was appointed Deputy Prime Minister of the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic, then Chairman of the “Gosplan” of the Republic.

On March 24, 1990 Islam Karimov was elected as the president of the Republic at a parliamentary session. A year later the people of Uzbekistan endorsed the decisions of Parliament and on December 29, 1991, Islam Karimov, Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party of Uzbekistan, was elected as the president of independent Republic of Uzbekistan.

The president of the Republic of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov is the author of a lot of scientific works. His major works have been translated into many foreign languages. Islam Karimov is the honorary member of the Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan as well as the doctor of some outstanding foreign universities. For his merits in the development of international co-operation, strengthening peace and spirituality in Uzbekistan and promoting sport in the country Islam Karimov was awarded by a number of orders and medals of international organizations and foreign countries.

He is married. His wife Tatyana Akbarovna is also an economist. They have two daughters and grandchildren. He is fond of sport, especially tennis and golf.