Saparmurat Niyazov
February 19, 1940 – December 21, 2006
Turkmen Communist leader who ruled Turkmenistan from 1985 until his death in 2006 with an extreme personality cult.
Offices held
Timeline
1941
1946
1951
1956
1961
1966
1971
1976
1981
1986
1991
1996
2001
2006