Gulnara Karimova

Gulnara Karimov
Karimova in 2009
Permanent Representative of Uzbekistan to the United Nations Office at Geneva
In office
2008–2017
PresidentIslam Karimov
Succeeded byBakhtiyor Ibragimov[1]
Ambassador of Uzbekistan to Spain
In office
January 2010 – July 2012
PresidentIslam Karimov
Succeeded byDilshod Akhatov[2]
Personal details
Born (1972-07-08) 8 July 1972 (age 52)
Fergana, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union
Spouse
Mansur Maqsudi
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(m. 1991; div. 2003)​
Children
  • Islam Jr.
  • Iman
Parent(s)Islam Karimov
Tatyana Karimova
RelativesLola Karimova-Tillyaeva (sister)
Alma materTashkent State University
Harvard University

Gulnara Islamovna Karimova (Cyrillic Uzbek: Гулнора Исломовна Каримова; Russian: Гульнара Исламовна Каримова, Gul'nara Islamovna Karimova; born 8 July 1972) is the elder daughter of Islam Karimov, the president of Uzbekistan from 1991 to his death in 2016. She wielded considerable influence in Uzbekistan owing to her business dealings and family connections. From 2013, due to a conflict with her father, she began to rapidly lose influence.[3][4]

Karimova was placed under house arrest in Tashkent, Uzbekistan in November 2014.[5][6][7] She was questioned by Swiss prosecutors in December 2016 in a money-laundering investigation.[8] In 2017, the U.S. Department of the Treasury[9] banned United States entities from dealing with Karimova or any of her organisations or associates. Also in the same year, she was sentenced in Uzbekistan to 10 years in jail for fraud and money laundering. In 2018, the sentence was commuted to five-years of house arrest. In March 2019, she was sent to prison for allegedly violating the terms of her house arrest.[10][11]

  1. ^ Garten, UN Photo/Mark (12 May 2017). "New Permanent Representative of Uzbekistan to United Nations". United Nations Photo.
  2. ^ "New Uzbek ambassador presents credentials to King of Spain". East Time. 3 July 2012. Archived from the original on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Дочь Каримова "доросла" до должности замглавы МИД Узбекистана". Известия (in Russian). 4 February 2008. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  4. ^ feuding first family and the mystery of the president's missing daughter The Guardian, 16 Jul 2014
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  8. ^ Gauthier-Villars, David (15 January 2017). "Former Uzbek President's Daughter Questioned by Swiss Prosecutors". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  9. ^ "Human Rights Abusers blocked".
  10. ^ Neal, Will (19 March 2020). "Jailed Uzbek 'Princess' Gets Further Prison Time". www.occrp.org. OCCRP. Archived from the original on 22 March 2020. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  11. ^ "Gulnara Karimova: Uzbekistan ex-leader's daughter jailed". Retrieved 6 March 2019.