Saparmurat Niyazov
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History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union...- Communist Party of the Soviet Union (SKP-KPSS). In Turkmenistan, the local party apparatus led by Saparmurat Niyazov was converted into the Democratic Party of Turkmenistan. In Uzbekistan, Islom Karimov converted the CPSU branch... In this article: Bolshevik, Central Committee, Soviet Union, Leon Trotsky, and Bourgeoisie |
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Full print edition | December 30, 2008
Turkmenistan: Shadow movement
...steps towards democracy. But all 288 candidates stressed their support of the president: they were either members of the ruling Democratic Party of Turkmenistan, launched by Niyazov, or were state-approved independents. The opposition is...
In this article: Turkmenistan, Democracy, Democratic Party of Turkmenistan, and Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov
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Moscow Times | December 15, 2008
Turkmens Hail 'Democratic' Parliamentary Vote
...state-approved independents. The gas-rich former Soviet nation on the Caspian Sea has been emerging from isolation since autocratic ruler Saparmurat Niyazov died in 2006 after an eccentric, 21-year reign. His successor, President...
In this article: Commonwealth of Independent States, Turkmenistan, Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov, Revenue, Democratic Party, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, and Sergei Lebedev
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Wikipedia | September 08, 2009
Communist Party of Turkmenistan
...who in 1991 renamed the party to the Democratic Party of Turkmenistan, which is no longer a communist party. The current Communist Party of Turkmenistan was made illegal during the presidency of Niyazov after independence and remains banned.
In this article: Communist Party of Turkmenistan, Democratic Party of Turkmenistan, and Soviet Union
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Communist Party of the Soviet Union
...Party of the Soviet Union (SKP-KPSS). In Turkmenistan, the local party apparatus led by Saparmurat Niyazov was renamed the Democratic Party of Turkmenistan and abandoned communist ideology. In Uzbekistan, Islam Karimov changed the...
In this article: The Communist Party, Mikhail Gorbachev, Soviet Union, Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Central Committee, Bolshevik, Russian Social Democratic Labour Party, and Boris Yeltsin
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Soviet Central Asia
...of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. From 1985 it was led by Mr Saparmurat Niyazov, who in 1991 renamed the party to the Democratic Party of Turkmenistan, which is no longer a communist party . The current Communist Party of Turkmenistan...
In this article: Central Asia, Bolshevik, Tashkent, Soviet Union, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Dushanbe, Kokand, and Basmachi Revolt
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Saparmyrat Ataýewiç Nyýazow (pronounced: /θɑːpɑːrmɯːrɑːt niːjɑːðɒv/) (19 February 1940 21 December 2006) was a Turkmen politician who served as President of Turkmenistan from 2 November 1990 until his death in 2006. He was First Secretary of the Turkmen Communist Party from 1985 until 1991 and continued to lead Turkmenistan for 15 years after independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. He was known in English as Saparmurat Atayevich Niyazov, the romanization of the Russian spelling Сапармурат Атаевич Ниязов of his Turkmen name.
Turkmen media referred to him using the title "His Excellency Saparmurat Türkmenbaşy, President of Turkmenistan and Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers". His title Türkmenbaşy, or Turkmenbashi (pronounced: /tyrkmɛnbaʃɯ/), meaning Leader of Turkmens, referred to his position as the founder and president of the Association of Turkmens of the World.
Foreign media criticized him as one of the world's most totalitarian and repressive dictators, highlighting his reputation of imposing his personal eccentricities upon the country, which extended to renaming months after members of his family. Global Witness, a London-based human rights organization, reported that money under Niyazov's control and held overseas may be in excess of US$3 billion, of which $2 billion is supposedly situated in the Foreign Exchange Reserve Fund at Deutsche Bank in Germany.
- Birth Date:
- February 19, 1940
- Birthplace:
- Gypjak, Turkmen SSR, Soviet Union
- Death Date:
- December 21, 2006
- Place of Death:
- Turkmenistan
- Spouse:
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- Muza Sokolova
- Russian: Муза Соколова
- Political party:
- Democratic Party of Turkmenistan
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