Akbar Abdullayev (Russian: Акбар Абдуллаев; aka Akbar Abdullaev) (born March 16 1983) the eldest son of Uzbek President Islam Karimov’s sister-in-law Tamara Sabirova. Abdullayev was until recently considered as the de facto governor of Ferghana Region (in eastern Uzbekistan) in charge of making key decisions on the personnel policies of lucrative businesses.