Muhammetnazar Gapurow
Muhammetnazar Gapurow | |
|---|---|
| First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Turkmenistan | |
| In office 24 December 1969 – 21 December 1985 | |
| Preceded by | Balyş Öwezow |
| Succeeded by | Saparmyrat Nyýazow |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Muhammetnazar Gapurowiç Gapurow 15 February 1922 Charjou, Turkmen SSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | 13 July 1999 (aged 77) Berzengi, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Soviet Union |
| Branch/service | Red Army |
| Years of service | 1941–1944 |
| Rank | Staff sergeant |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
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Muhammetnazar Gapurowiç Gapurow (Turkmen: Мухамметназар Гапурович Гапуров; 15 February 1922 – 13 July 1999) was a Turkmen politician who was the first secretary of the Communist Party of the Turkmen SSR from 1969 until 1985. He spent his entire career in the Komsomol and Communist Party apparatus, becoming the republic's most influential politician for almost two decades in the Brezhnev era.