Communist Party of Turkmenistan

The Communist Party of Turkmenistan (Template:Langx; Template:Langx) was the ruling communist party of the Turkmen SSR which operated as a republican branch of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. From 1985, it was led by Saparmurat Niyazov. On 16 December 1991, as the Soviet Union was in the process of dissolving, Niyazov reorganized the CPT as the Democratic Party of Turkmenistan.<ref>Компартии Туркменистана больше нетTemplate:Dead link</ref> The current Communist Party of Turkmenistan was made illegal during the presidency of Niyazov after independence and remains banned.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Leadership

First Secretaries

Template:Abbr	Picture	Name	Took office	Left office	Political party
First Secretary
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" |1	File:Emblem of the Turkmen SSR (1926-1927).svg	Ivan Mezhlauk (1891–1938)	19 November 1924	1926	CPT/CPSU
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" |2	File:Emblem of the Turkmen SSR (1926-1927).svg	Shaymardan Ibragimov (1899–1957)	June 1926	1927	CPT/CPSU
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" |3	File:Emblem of Turkmen SSR (1927-1937).svg	Nikolay Paskutsky (1894–1938)	1927	1928	CPT/CPSU
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" |4	File:Emblem of Turkmen SSR (1927-1937).svg	Grigory Aronshtam (1893–1938)	11 May 1928	August 1930	CPT/CPSU
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" |5	File:Emblem of Turkmen SSR (1927-1937).svg	Yakov Popok (1894–1938)	August 1930	15 April 1937	CPT/CPSU
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" |6	File:Emblem of the Turkmen SSR.svg	Anna Muhamedow (1900–1938)	April 1937	October 1937	CPT/CPSU
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" |7	File:Emblem of the Turkmen SSR.svg	Yakov Chubin (1893–1956)	October 1937	November 1939	CPT/CPSU
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" |8	File:Emblem of the Turkmen SSR.svg	Mikhail Fonin (1905–1974)	November 1939	March 1947	CPT/CPSU
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" |9	File:Emblem of the Turkmen SSR.svg	Şaja Batyrow (1908–1965)	March 1947	July 1951	CPT/CPSU
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" |10	File:Emblem of the Turkmen SSR.svg	Suhan Babaýew (1910–1995)	July 1951	14 December 1958	CPT/CPSU
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" |11	File:Emblem of the Turkmen SSR.svg	Jumadurdy Garaýew (1910–1960)	14 December 1958	4 May 1960	CPT/CPSU
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" |12	File:Emblem of the Turkmen SSR.svg	Balysh Ovezov (1915–1975)	13 June 1960	24 December 1969	CPT/CPSU
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" |13		Muhammetnazar Gapurow (1922–1999)	24 December 1969	21 December 1985	CPT/CPSU
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" |14	File:Saparmurat Niyazov and CIS leaders (cropped).jpg	Saparmurat Niyazov (1940–2006)	21 December 1985	16 December 1991	CPT/CPSU

Second Secretaries

Template:Abbr	Picture	Name	Took office	Left office	Political party
Second Secretary
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" |-	File:Emblem of the Turkmen SSR (1926-1927).svg	Anna Mukhammedov (1900–1938)	3 March 1935	October 1937	CPT/CPSU
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" |-	File:Emblem of the Turkmen SSR (1926-1927).svg	Allaberdy Berdyev (1904–1964)	16 July 1938	20 August 1940	CPT/CPSU
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" |-	File:Emblem of the Turkmen SSR (1926-1927).svg	Kurban Permanov(1909–1969)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	28 November 1941	17 February 1945	CPT/CPSU
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" |-	File:Emblem of the Turkmen SSR (1926-1927).svg	Shadzha Batyrov (1908–1965)	November 1945	July 1947	CPT/CPSU
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" |-	File:Emblem of the Turkmen SSR (1926-1927).svg	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	July 1947	10 September 1953	CPT/CPSU
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" |-	File:Emblem of the Turkmen SSR (1926-1927).svg	Polikarp Dolgov (1910–1989)	10 September 1953	14 February 1954	CPT/CPSU
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" |-	File:Emblem of the Turkmen SSR (1926-1927).svg	Fyedor Grishaenkov (1914–1983)	14 February 1954	13 June 1960	CPT/CPSU
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" |-	File:Emblem of the Turkmen SSR (1926-1927).svg	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	13 June 1960	25 March 1963	CPT/CPSU
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" |-	File:Emblem of the Turkmen SSR (1926-1927).svg	Vasily Rykov (1918–2011)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	25 March 1963	14 April 1975	CPT/CPSU
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" |-	File:Emblem of the Turkmen SSR (1926-1927).svg	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	14 April 1975	20 December 1980	CPT/CPSU
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" |-	File:Emblem of the Turkmen SSR (1926-1927).svg	Albert Rachkov (1927–2023)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	20 December 1980	26 July 1986	CPT/CPSU
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" |-	File:Emblem of the Turkmen SSR (1926-1927).svg	Sergei Nesterenko (1935–)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	26 July 1986	1991	CPT/CPSU
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" |-	File:Emblem of the Turkmen SSR (1926-1927).svg	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	1991	1991	CPT/CPSU

See also

• Politics of Turkmenistan
• Communist Party of the Soviet Union

References

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