Suhan Babaýew

Suhan Babaýewyç Babaýew (27 November 1910 – 28 November 1995) was a Kurd, Soviet and Turkmen politician. He served as the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Turkmenistan from October 1951 to December 1958.

Babaýew and several political allies were fired after they advocated greater ethnic Kurd representation in the Soviet government.


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