The Communist Party of the Turkmen SSR (Russian: КоммуниÑтичеÑÐºÐ°Ñ Ð¿Ð°Ñ€Ñ‚Ð¸Ñ Ð¢ÑƒÑ€ÐºÐ¼ÐµÐ½Ð¸Ñтана, Turkmen: Türkmenistanyň Kommunistik Partiyasy) was the ruling communist party of the Turkmen SSR, and a part of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. From 1985 it was led by Saparmurat Niyazov, who in 1991 renamed the party to the Democratic Party of Turkmenistan, which is no longer a communist party. The current Communist Party of Turkmenistan was made illegal during the presidency of Niyazov after independence and remains banned.
First secretaries of the Communist Party of Turkmenistan
- Ivan Mezhlauk (19 November 1924 - 1926) (acting to 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 Mukhamedova (April - October 1937) (acting)
- 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)
- Saparmurat Niyazov (21 December 1985 - 16 December 1991)
References
See also
- Politics of Turkmenistan