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Sanjar Umarov

Sanjar Umarov is an active oligarch within the oil sector, who has encouraged foreign investments in his country, particularly from the U.S. He was elected leader of the The Coalition for National Unity Sunshine Uzbekistan. His perfect command of French allowed him to teach in Biskra, Algeria, during the 1980’s.

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“Sanjar Umarov: leader of " The Coalition for National Unity, Sunshine Uzbekistan "

by Sanjar Umarov

24 June 2005

In 1991, I took part in the establishment of the first USSR mobile telephone company: Uzdunrobita, with U.S. investments. That first project, like the independence of the country, led me to promote foreign investments in farming. That allowed me to create in 1992 the Republican Union for Foreign (…)