- Born
- Died
- Birth nameSaparmurat Atayevich Niyazov
- Nickname
- Turkmenbashi
- Height5′ 5¼″ (1.66 m)
- Saparmurat Niyazov was born on February 19, 1940 in Ashkhabad, Turkmen SSR, USSR [now Ashgabat, Turkmenistan]. He died on December 21, 2006 in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.
- Dictator of Turkmenistan.
- He has written a book, called the Ruhnama (Book of the Soul) that is revered by Turkmen people and Niyazov claims if the book is read by a Turkmen three times, (s)he will go to heaven.
- His name is pronounced Thap-ar-muh-rat Nee-ya-dhov. Turkmen Head of State since 1985. Since independence he was fostered a very large personality cult and also enacted what many would seem are strange laws for example, the banning of car radios.
- Turkmenbashi was the title awarded to him in 1993, meaning Leader of the Turkmen.
- Was appointed by "Mikhail Gorbachev" to replace then-Secretary General of Turkmenistan Communist Party, Muhammed Gapusov, over a cotton-related corruption scandal.
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