Salim Abduvaliev

Salim Kirgizbaevich Abduvaliev (Uzbek: Салим Қирғизбоевич Абдувалиев, born in Tashkent, Uzbek SSR in 1950) is an influential businessman in Uzbekistan and the current Vice President of the National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan.[1]

Biography

Abduvaliev was born in May 1950 Tashkent city.[2] His father was the collective farm chairman. After retiring from the sport of freestyle wrestling, he worked in a factory, then he became a trucker.

On 25 May 1998, Yuri Shchekochikhin accused Abduvaliev along with KGB Major General Evgeny G. Khokholkov, who headed URPO in the FSB, and Gafur Rakhimov of very unusual activities.[3][4][5]

In the 1990s and 2000s he was a partner of Michael Cherney on aluminum business, and he sponsored the participation of Anatoly Bykov in the elections in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia.

In 2006 he defended his thesis of Candidate of Economic Sciences on the theme "Management of social and economic development of municipal unions: generalization of the experience of Russia and the Republic of Uzbekistan."

He is one of the influential informal ("authoritative") people of Uzbekistan, along with brothers Aziz and Gafur Rakhimov - one of the richest people in Uzbekistan. For more than ten years of funding the development of children and youth wrestling sections.

Sport charity

Abduvaliev is the President of the Wrestling Association of Uzbekistan.[6] He sponsors the World Wrestling Championships, the international tournament "Grand Prix" cups of Independence of Uzbekistan in freestyle wrestling and others competitions. His money holds the largest youth and children's tournaments. He sponsors wrestling teams for four boarding schools for orphans.

For several years, the Tennis Uzbekistan President Cup was sponsored by Abduvaliev.[6][7]

References
  1. "Абдувалиев Салим Киргизбаевич" (in Russian). Retrieved 15 December 2014.
  2. Khaknazarov, Usman (20 February 2003). "Renascence of "Power Broker" of Uzbek Policy: Or how Uzbek president Islam Karimov is reverting to the hands of his first master". muslimuzbekistan.com. Archived from the original on 26 May 2006. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  3. Щекочихин, Юрий (Shchekochikhin, Yuri) (25 May 1998). "Брат Плащ и Кинжал-3. Может ли проиграть в казино $120 000 начальник одного из самых секретных управлений ФСБ? Депутатский запрос заместителя главного редактора "Новой газеты" Юрия Щекочихина" [Brother Cloak and Dagger-3. Can a boss of one of the most secret FSB departments lose $ 120,000 in a casino? Deputy request of the deputy chief editor of "Novaya Gazeta" Yuri Shchekochikhin]. Novaya Gazeta (in Russian). Archived from the original on 18 April 2001. Retrieved 11 January 2021 – via Агентура (Agentura).
  4. "В ФСБ создано УРПО" [URPO created in FSB]. Агентура (Agentura) (in Russian). 12 August 2000. Archived from the original on 28 January 2007. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  5. "А был ли киллер?" [Was there a killer?]. Komsomolskaya Pravda (in Russian). Archived from the original on 14 May 2001. Retrieved 11 January 2021 – via Novosti.
  6. "Салим Абдувалиев: благодаря борьбе, мы рассказали всему миру об Узбекистане" (in Russian). Retrieved 15 December 2014.
  7. "САЛИМ-БАЙ: ЧЕМПИОН ПО ДРУЖБЕ" (in Russian). Retrieved 29 November 2014.
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