Han Ahmedow | |
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 Ahmedow in 1994 | |
| Prime Minister of Turkmenistan | |
| In office 5 December 1989 – 18 May 1992 | |
| President | Saparmyrat Nyýazow |
| Deputy | Ata Çaryýew |
| Preceded by | Annamurat Hojamuradov (as Chairman of the Council of Ministers of theTurkmen SSR) |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| First Secretary of theAshgabat City Committee of theCommunist Party of Turkmenistan | |
| In office 21 December 1985 – 1988 | |
| Leader | Saparmyrat Nyýazow |
| Preceded by | Saparmyrat Nyýazow |
| Succeeded by | Nikolai Baleshev[1] |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Han Ahmedowiç Ahmedow 16 June 1936 Krasnovodsk, Turkmen SSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | 6 December 2006(2006-12-06) (aged 70) Serdar, Turkmenistan |
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Han Ahmedowiç Ahmedow[a] (16 June 1936 – 6 December 2006) was a Turkmen politician who served as the first and onlyprime minister of Turkmenistan from December 1989 to May 1992.
He graduated from theTashkent Institute of Railway Transport Engineers in 1959, after which he worked at the Ashgabat Station of the Ashgabat Railway. In 1962, he became head of theChardzhou Branch of theCentral Asian Railway. Then in 1980, he became Head of the Department of Transport and Communications of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Turkmen SSR. In 1985, he succeededSaparmyrat Nyýazow as the first secretary of the Ashgabat City Committee of the CPT. In 1988, he became First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Turkmen SSR, and in December 1989, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Turkmen SSR. The following November, Turkmenistan established moredecommunised government institutions, leading to Ahmedow becoming Prime Minister of the Turkmen SSR.
During his time in office, Turkmenistan declared independence from thecollapse of the Soviet Union in October 1991. Afterwards, Ahmedow became Railways Minister (1991–1992), Deputy Head of the Government of Turkmenistan (1991–1992), and then ambassador toTurkey (1992–1994).
In September 2002, he was arrested and placed under internal exile inSerdar, 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 inAshgabat.[2]
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| Preceded by Position created | Prime Minister of Turkmenistan 1991 – 1992 | Succeeded by Position abolished |
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