Islam Abduganievitj Karimov (30 January 1938 – 2 September 2016) was the first President of Uzbekistan from 1990 to 2016.
On 29 August 2016 he was reported to be in intensive care, after suffering a stroke.
It was announced that Karimov died on 2 September 2016. The government confirmed the news later that day.