Han Ahmedow

Han Ahmedovich Ahmedov (Russian: Хан Ахметович Ахметов, tr. Khan Akhmetovich Akhmetov; 16 June 1936 – 6 December 2006) was a Turkmen politician who has served as the only prime minister of Turkmenistan from December 1989 to May 1992.

Han Ahmedow
Prime Minister of Turkmenistan
In office
5 December 1989 – 18 May 1992
PresidentSaparmurat Niyazov
Preceded byAnnamurat Hojamuradov (as Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Turkmen SSR)
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Personal details
Born
Han Ahmedovich Ahmedov

16 June 1936
Krasnovodsk, Turkmen SSR, USSR (now Turkmenistan)
Died6 December 2006 (aged 70)
Serdar, Turkmenistan
Political partyDemocratic Party of Turkmenistan
Communist Party of Turkmenistan (?–1991)

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).

Later life and death

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 Ahmedov, the government did not allow him to receive medical treatment in Ashgabat.[1]

Education

He graduated from the Tashkent Institute of Railway Transport Engineers in 1959.

Career

Since 1959, he worked at the Ashgabat station of the Ashgabat Railway: duty engineer, deputy head of the shunting dispatcher, shunting dispatcher.

Since 1962, Deputy station master, station master. Then he worked as Deputy head of the Ashgabat branch, head of the Chardzhou branch of the Central Asian Railway.

Since 1980, Head of the Department of Transport and Communications of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Turkmen SSR.

Since 1985, the first secretary of the Ashgabat City Committee of the CPSU.

Since 1988, First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Turkmen SSR.

Since December 1989, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Turkmen SSR.

Since November 1990, Prime Minister of the Turkmen SSR.

In November 1991, the head of the Turkmen Railway.

Since December 1991, Deputy Head of the Government of Turkmenistan.

Since August 1992, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Turkmenistan to Turkey. He held this position until 1994.

People's Deputy of the Turkmen SSR. Member of the Central Control Commission of the CPSU 1990-1991. Member of the CPSU from 1963 to 1991.

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

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