Saparmurat Atayevich Niyazov, also known as Turkmenbashi, served as the first President of Turkmenistan from 1991 to 2006. He was born on February 12, 1940, in Gypjak, Turkmen SSR, Soviet Union, to an ethnic Turkmen family. Niyazov’s father died during World War II, and his mother raised him and his siblings. Niyazov began his career in the Soviet Communist Party and held various positions...
Turkmenistan’s Presidential Genesis: The First to Lead
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