Lola Karimova-Tillyaeva

Lola Karimova-Tillyaeva was born on 3 July 1978 in Tashkent; she is the younger daughter of Islam Karimov, the first President of Uzbekistan. She earned a master's degree in international law at the University of World Economy and Diplomacy in Tashkent and later a doctorate in psychology at Tashkent State University.

From January 2008 until 2 February 2018 she was Uzbekistan's Permanent Delegate to UNESCO. According to her official website, several elements of Uzbekistan's intangible cultural heritage, among them Navruz, were added to UNESCO's lists during those years.

For about 13 years, from 2005 until March 2018, she headed the Gymnastics Federation of Uzbekistan. In 2002 she founded the “You Are Not Alone” foundation, which helps orphans and children left without parental care; in 2004 she co-founded the National Centre for the Social Adaptation of Children, which helps children with disabilities.

She later founded the perfume house The Harmonist in Paris and published the book “Be Your Own Harmonist” (September 2020, Los Angeles; French edition in 2022). In 2017 she was executive producer of the documentary “The Man Who Unlocked the Universe” about Ulugh Beg, in 2020 she opened the Paris gallery La Maison de l'Ouzbékistan, which presents Uzbek culture, and in 2022 she established the Human Kind Institute.