Han Ahmedow

Han Ahmedovich Ahmedov (Turkmen: Han Ahmedowiç Ahmedow, Russian: Хан Ахмедович Ахмедов 1936 - 2006) also written as Khan Akhmedovich Akhmedov or Han Ahmedow was Prime Minister of Turkmenistan from December 1989 to May 1992. During his time in office, Turkmenistan declared independence from the collapsing Soviet Union in October 1991. Afterwards, Ahmedow became Railways Minister (1991-1992) and then ambassador to Turkey (1992-1994). 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.[1]

Han Ahmedowiç Ahmedow
Хан Ахмедов
1st Prime Minister of Turkmenistan
In office
5 December 1989  18 May 1992
PresidentSaparmurat Niyazov
Preceded byAnnamurat Hojamyradow (as Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Turkmen SSR)
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Personal details
Born16 June 1936
Krasnovodsk (now Türkmenbaşy), Turkmen SSR, USSR
Died6 December 2006 (aged 70)
Serdar, Turkmenistan
Political partyDemocratic Party of Turkmenistan
Communist Party of Turkmenistan (until 1991)

References

  1. "Former Turkmen Premier Dies In Internal Exile", Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, December 7, 2006.

External Sources

Political offices
Preceded by
Position created
Prime Minister of Turkmenistan
1991 1992
Succeeded by
Position abolished
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