×
AllImagesNewsVideos Maps Shopping Books
Search tools
Saparmyrat Nyýazow

Saparmyrat Nyýazow

Former President of Turkmenistan
Saparmurat Atayevich Niyazov, also known as Türkmenbaşy, was a Turkmen politician who ruled Turkmenistan from 1985 until his death in 2006. He was first secretary of the Turkmen Communist Party from 1985 until 1991 and supported the 1991 Soviet... Wikipedia
Born: February 19, 1940, Gypjak, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
Died: December 21, 2006 (age 66 years), Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
Spouse: Muza Sokolova (m. 1967–2006)
Presidential terms: June 21, 1992 – December 21, 2006 and November 2, 1990 – October 27, 1991
Full name: Saparmurat Atayevich Niyazov
Education: Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University (1967), Moscow Power Engineering Institute, and Higher Party School at the Central Committee of the CPSU