Sukhan Babayev

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Sukhan Babayev (born 1910) served as the First 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]

[edit] References

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