Han Ahmedow
Han Ahmedow | |
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Turkmen SSR) | |
Succeeded by | Position abolished |
First Secretary of the Ashgabat City Committee of the Communist Party of Turkmenistan | |
In office 21 December 1985 – 1988 | |
Leader | Saparmyrat Nyýazow |
Preceded by | Saparmyrat Nyýazow |
Succeeded by | Nikolai Baleshev[1] |
Personal details | |
Born | Han Ahmedowiç Ahmedow 16 June 1936 Serdar , Turkmenistan |
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Han Ahmedowiç Ahmedowprime minister of Turkmenistan from December 1989 to May 1992.
Life and career
He graduated from the
decommunised
government institutions, leading to Ahmedow becoming Prime Minister of the Turkmen SSR.
During his time in office, Turkmenistan declared independence from the
collapse of the Soviet Union in October 1991. Afterwards, Ahmedow became Railways Minister (1991–1992), Deputy Head of the Government of Turkmenistan (1991–1992), and then ambassador to Turkey
(1992–1994)..
Later life and death
In September 2002 he was arrested and placed under internal exile in
Serdar, where he remained until he died of a heart attack in late 2006. According to relatives of Ahmedow, the government did not allow him to receive medical treatment in Ashgabat.[2]
Notes
- ^ Also known by his name transliterated from Russian, Khan Akhmetovich Akhmetov (Russian: Хан Ахметович Ахметов)
External links
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References
- ^ "Балешев Николай Федорович".
- ^ "Former Turkmen Premier Dies In Internal Exile". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 7 December 2006. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
External Sources