P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Karimov, Buri

Tajik politician Buri Karimov, also referred to as Buri Karim, was

born in the village of Chorteppe in the Lenin district on December 9,

1957. He joined the CPSU in 1985.

Karimov graduated from the Tajikistan Polytechnic Institute in 1978

and, in absentia, from the Tajikistan State University in 1984. From

1984 to 1987, he was a candidate of science.

Karimov's career began in 1978. From then until 1981, he was the

Superintendent and then Senior Superintendent of the mobile column of

engineers of Hissar. From 1981 to 1983, he was the chief engineer of

the Union #1 of Dushanbe Road Construction. From 1983 to 1987, he

was a chief engineer, as well as the Head of the mobile column of engi-

neers of Hissar. In 1987, he became the Minister of Roads and Con-

struction of the Republic of Tajikistan. Karimov is the author of Fariodi

Solho (The Cry of Ages, Moscow, 1997). In this massive, but poorly or-

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