Muza Niyazova

Muza Niyazova née Melnikova is a Turkmen public figure who served as the First Lady of Turkmenistan from 1991 until 2006. She is the widow of former President of Turkmenistan Saparmurat Niyazov,[3] with whom she had two children.[4]

Muza Niyazova
Муза Алексеевна Ниязова
First Lady of Turkmenistan
In role
November 2, 1990 – December 21, 2006
Preceded byPosition created
Succeeded byOgulgerek Berdimuhamedov
Personal details
Born (1938-06-10) June 10, 1938
Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now St. Petersburg, Russia)
Spouse(s)
(
m. 1967⁠–⁠2006)
[1]
ChildrenMurat Niyazov, Irina[2]

Biography

Muza Niyazova was born in Leningrad in family of Russian and Jewish origin. Muza's father fought in the Great Patriotic War and was a senior officer in Soviet army. She graduated from the Leningrad Polytechnic Institute. In the mid-1960s she met Saparmurat Niyazov, who at that time worked at the Kirov plant as a moulder and was studying at the institute at the same time, and soon she married him. On April 18, 1967, Niyazova gave birth to son Murad, and two years later - daughter Irina.

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References
  1. Hiro, Dilip (November 2011). Inside Central Asia: A Political and Cultural History of Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz stan, Tajikistan, Turkey, and Iran. ISBN 9781590203781.
  2. Президент Туркмении Сапармурат Ниязов: "Я покину пост главы государства еще при жизни" - Известия // Izvestia
  3. Муза Ниязова: “Не получилась у нас совместная жизнь” - - МК // Moskovskij Komsomolets
  4. Bezydeiny, Ivan (2006-12-29). "The Turkmen establishment compiled the list of candidates for president. The Kremlin won the first round of the battle for Turkmenistan". fergananews.com. Retrieved 2017-08-23.
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