List of leaders of Turkmenistan
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Below is a list of leaders of present-day Turkmenistan since the establishment of Turkmen SSR in 1925.
Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic (1925–1991)
[edit]First Secretaries of the Communist Party of Turkmenistan
[edit]- Ivan Mezhlauk (19 November 1924 – 1926) (acting until 20 February 1925)
- Shaymardan Ibragimov (June 1926 – 1927)
- Nikolay Paskutsky (1927 – 1928)
- Grigory Aronshtam (11 May 1928 – August 1930)
- Yakov Popok (August 1930 – 15 April 1937)
- Anna Muhamedov (April – October 1937)
- Yakov Chubin (October 1937 – November 1939)
- Mikhail Fonin (November 1939 – March 1947)
- Shaja Batyrov (March 1947 – July 1951)
- Suhan Babayev (July 1951 – 14 December 1958)
- Jumadurdy Karayev (14 December 1958 – 4 May 1960)
- Balysh Ovezov (13 June 1960 – 24 December 1969)
- Muhammetnazar Gapurow (24 December 1969 – 21 December 1985)[1][2]
- Saparmurat Niyazov (21 December 1985 – 16 December 1991)[3]
Turkmenistan (1990–present)
[edit]- Status
Denotes Acting President
- Symbols
C Constitutional referendum
† Died in office
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Elected | Term of office | Political party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
| 1 | 
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Saparmurat Niyazov (1940–2006) |
1990 | 2 November 1990 | 21 December 2006[†] | 16 years, 49 days | CPT |
| 1992 | DPT | ||||||
| — | 
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Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow (1957–) |
— | 21 December 2006 | 14 February 2007 | 55 days | DPT |
| 2 | 2007 2012 |
14 February 2007 | 19 March 2022 | 15 years, 33 days | |||
| 2017 | Independent | ||||||
| 3 | 
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Serdar Berdimuhamedow (1981–) |
19 March 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 165 days | DPT | |
Timeline
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National Leader
[edit]On 21 January 2023, President Serdar Berdimuhamedow appointed his father, former President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, chairman of the People's Council of Turkmenistan with the title "National Leader" (Turkmen: Milli Lider).[4][5][6][7]
See also
[edit]- Politics of Turkmenistan
- Cabinet of Turkmenistan
- People's Council of Turkmenistan
- President of Turkmenistan
- Prime Minister of Turkmenistan
- Vice President of Turkmenistan
References
[edit]- ^ "Гапуров | это... Что такое Гапуров?". Словари и энциклопедии на Академике.
- ^ "Soviet republics". rulers.org.
- ^ Гудава, Тенгиз (24 May 2011). "Башизм Туркменбаши. Часть 2". Радио Свобода.
- ^ Cоздан высший представительный орган народной власти – Халк Маслахаты Туркменистана (in Russian), Neytralny Turkmenistan, 22 January 2023
- ^ Халк Маслахаты стал самостоятельным законодательным органом, а парламент однопалатным (in Russian), RFE/RL, 23 January 2023
- ^ Указ Президента Туркменистана О Председателе Халк Маслахаты Туркменистана (in Russian), Туркменистан сегодня, 21 January 2023
- ^ "Türkmenistanyň Prezidentiniň PERMANY Türkmenistanyň Halk Maslahatynyň Başlygy hakynda" (in Turkmen). Türkmenistan Bu gün. 21 January 2023.