Sukhan Babayev

Sukhan Babayev (25 December 1910 – 28 November 1995) served as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Turkmenistan from October 1951 until December 1958.[1]

Babayev and several political allies were fired after they advocated greater ethnic Turkmen representation in the Soviet government.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Turkmenistan World Statesmen
  2. ↑ Chronology Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia 2004
Party political offices
Preceded by
Balysh Ovezov
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Turkmenistan
1951 – 1958
Succeeded by
Dzhuma Durdy Karayev
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