BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON UZBEKISTAN'S DEPUTY

C O N F I D E N T I A L TASHKENT 000529 SIPDIS DEPT FOR SCA/CEN E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/06/2018 TAGS: PINR PGOV UZ SUBJECT: BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON UZBEKISTAN'S DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER GULNARA KARIMOVA Classified By: Poloff Steven Prohaska for reasons 1.4 (b, d). ¶1. (C) Post has obtained a copy of a CV on Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Gulnara Karimova, provided by the head of Uzbekistan's OSCE mission in Vienna Yusupov to USOSCE Ambassador Finley in late April. Ms. Karimova is the eldest daughter of President Islom Karimov. The data is as follows: GULNARA KARIMOVA, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan Date and Place of Birth: July 8, 1972, Ferghana city, Uzbekistan Education -------------- 1988: Youth Mathematics Academy, Tashkent. 1989-1994: Tashkent State University (Philosophy - Economics Faculty, International Economy),BA. December 1991 - May 1992: New York University, language (Fashion Institute of Technology),New York. September 1994 - March 1996: Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Institute of Economics, Tashkent, research fellow. MA in Political Science (October 1996). September 1998 - June 2000: Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. MA in Regional Studies (June 2000). December 1999 - September 2001: PhD in Political Science, University of World Economy and Diplomacy, Tashkent, Uzbekistan. 2003-2006: Tashkent University of Information Technologies. BA in Telecommunications. Work Experience -------------- 1987: Central Department of Statistics in the Republic of Uzbekistan, junior officer. 1990: Chamber of Commerce of Uzbekistan, translator. June 1994 - June 1995: University of World Economy and Diplomacy (Tashkent, Uzbekistan),Political Science Department, lecturer - probationer. June 1995 - June 1996: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Department of Political Analysis and Prognosis. June 1996 - September 1997: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Adviser to the Minister April 1998 - June 2000: Study leave September 2000 - September 2003: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Consultant-Adviser to the Minister (assigned to work on the Nuclear Weapon Free Zone agreement including to the Permanent Mission of Uzbekistan to the United Nations as an adviser) September 2003 - April 2005: Embassy of Uzbekistan in Russia, Minister-Counselor April 2005 - present: Center for Political Studies, Director 2005-2008: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Adviser to the Minister 2008-present: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Deputy Minister NORLAND