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Title: Turkmenistan's political succession: developments and implications.(Saparamurad Niyazov passed away)
Author: Jim Nichol
Publication: Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue Briefs (Report)
Date: January 1, 2007
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Title: Turkmenistan: recent developments and U.S. interests.(Congressional Research Service)(Report)
Author: Jim Nichol
Publication: Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue Briefs (Report)
Date: September 1, 2009
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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Saparmyrat Ataýewiç Nyýazow, known in English as Saparmurat Atayevich Niyazov (pronounced ) (Russian : ) (19 February 1940 21 December 2006) was a Turkmen politician who served as President (later President for Life) of Turkmenistan from 2 November 1990 until his death in 2006. He was First Secretary of the Turkmen Communist Party from 1985 until 1991 and continued to lead Turkmenistan for 15 years after independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. His name in English is a romanized of the Russian spelling of his Turkmen name. Turkmen media referred to him using the title "His Excellency Saparmurat Niyazov Türkmenbay, President of Turkmenistan and Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers". His self-given title Türkmenbay, or Turkmenbashi (pronounced ), meaning Leader of Turkmens, referred to his position as the founder and president of the Association of Turkmens of the World. Foreign media criticized him as one of the world's most totalitarian and repressive dictators, highlighting his reputation of imposing his personal eccentricities upon the country, which extended to renaming months after members of his family, and recoining the Turkmen word for bread by the name of his mother. Global Witness, a London-based human rights organization, reported that money under Niyazov's control and held overseas may be in excess of US$3 billion, of which $2 billion is supposedly situated in the Foreign Exchange Reserve Fund at Deutsche Bank in Germany. Niyazov was born in Gypjak, located in the Turkmen SSR. According to the official version, his father died in World War II fighting against Nazi Germany, while other sources contend that he dodged fighting and was therefore sentenced by a military court. The other members of his family were killed in a massiv... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=19760658 ... Read more

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