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)
First Secretaries of the Communist Party of Turkmenistan
- 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 Mukhamedov (April – October 1937)
- Yakov Chubin (October 1937 – November 1939)
- Mikhail Fonin (November 1939 – March 1947)
- Shadzha Batyrov (March 1947 – July 1951)
- Sukhan Babayev (July 1951 – 14 December 1958)
- Dzhuma Durdy 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 – 12 October 1988) (1st time)
- Gennady Yanayev (12 October 1988 – 11 October 1989)
- Saparmurat Niyazov (12 October 1989 – 16 December 1991) (2nd time)[3]
Turkmenistan (1990–present)
The first column consecutively numbers the individuals who have served as president, while the second column consecutively numbers the presidential terms or administrations.
| No. | Terms | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Elected | Term of office | Political party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
| 1 | 1st | 
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Saparmurat Niyazov (1940–2006) |
1990 | 2 November 1990 | 16 December 1991 | 16 years,
49 days |
Communist Party of Turkmenistan
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| (1) | 16 December 1991 | 21 June 1992 | ||||||
| 2nd | 21 June 1992 | 28 December 1999[4] | ||||||
| 3rd | 28 December 1999 | 21 December 2006[5] | ||||||
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Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow (1957–) |
— | 21 December 2006 | 14 February 2007 | 17 years, 317 days | Democratic Party of Turkmenistan
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| 2 | 1st | 14 February 2007 | 17 February 2012 | |||||
| 2nd | 17 February 2012 | 17 February 2017 | ||||||
| 3rd | 17 February 2017 | 19 March 2022 | ||||||
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Serdar Berdimuhamedow (1981–) |
19 March 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 228 days | Democratic Party of Turkmenistan | ||
See also
- Politics of Turkmenistan
- Cabinet of Turkmenistan
- President of Turkmenistan
- Prime Minister of Turkmenistan
- Vice President of Turkmenistan
References
- ^ https://dic.academic.ru/dic.nsf/bse/159564/Гапуров
- ^ "Soviet republics". rulers.org.
- ^ "Башизм Туркменбаши. Часть 2". Радио Свобода.
- ^ Declared President for life.
- ^ Died in office.