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Saparmurat Niyazov

1940 - 2006

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Saparmurat Atayevich Niyazov (19 February 1940 – 21 December 2006) was a Turkmenistani politician who led Turkmenistan from 1985 until his death in 2006. He was the first secretary of the Communist Party of Turkmenistan from 1985 until 1991 and supported the 1991 Soviet coup attempt. He continued to rule Turkmenistan as the first president for 15 years after independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. Turkmen media referred to him using the title His Excellency Saparmurat Türkmenbaşy, President of Turkmenistan and Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Saparmurat Niyazov is the 262nd most popular politician (up from 1,246th in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Turkmenistan (up from 4th in 2019) and the most popular Turkmen Politician.

Saparmurat Niyazov was the president of Turkmenistan from 1990 to 2006. He is most famous for renaming the months and days of the week in order to honor himself and his mother.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Saparmurat Niyazov ranks 262 out of 19,576. Before him are Alexander II of Russia, Heraclius, José Mujica, Septimius Severus, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, and Anastasius I Dicorus. After him are Golda Meir, Æthelwulf, King of Wessex, Muhammad Ali of Egypt, Mehmed IV, Enver Hoxha, and Konrad Adenauer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Saparmurat Niyazov ranks 7. Before him are Al Pacino, Pelé, Margrethe II of Denmark, Bruce Lee, John Lennon, and Tom Jones. After him are Wangari Maathai, Bartholomew I of Constantinople, Anthony Fauci, Chuck Norris, Brian Josephson, and Zodiac Killer. Among people deceased in 2006, Saparmurat Niyazov ranks 3. Before him are Saddam Hussein, and Ferenc Puskás. After him are Slobodan Milošević, Augusto Pinochet, Naguib Mahfouz, Raymond Davis Jr., Gerald Ford, Stanisław Lem, Milton Friedman, Alfredo Stroessner, and Owen Chamberlain.

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In Turkmenistan

Among people born in Turkmenistan, Saparmurat Niyazov ranks 2 out of 50. Before him are Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi (780). After him are Jalal ad-Din Mingburnu (1199), Abu Muslim (718), Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow (1957), Al-Nasa'i (829), Ibn Khordadbeh (820), Abu al-Ghazi Bahadur (1603), Chaghri Beg (989), Al-Zamakhshari (1075), Al-Muqanna (800), and Yelena Bonner (1923).

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Among POLITICIANS In Turkmenistan

Among politicians born in Turkmenistan, Saparmurat Niyazov ranks 1. After him are Jalal ad-Din Mingburnu (1199), Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow (1957), Chaghri Beg (989), Al-Muqanna (800), Jaʻfar ibn Yahya (767), Mithridates II of Parthia (-150), Safdar Jang (1708), Andronikos I of Trebizond (1101), Serdar Berdimuhamedow (1981), Yahya ibn Khalid (701), and Dmitri Shepilov (1905).

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