1972 -- Born

Divorced, one son, one daughter

1989-92 -- Attends National University of Uzbekistan in Tashkent, international relations faculty

1992-97 -- Lives with husband Mansur Maksudi in New York, studies jewelry design

1997 -- Senior professor at the Foreign Ministry's university of world economics and diplomacy

June 1997-September 2003 -- -- Advisor on political affairs to Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Komilov

September 2003-present -- Advisor at Uzbekistan's embassy in Moscow, Russia

There is a warrant for Karimova's arrest in the state of New Jersey stemming from her divorce and removal of her children from the United States where her husband continues to live