Muhammetnazar Gapurow

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Muhammetnazar Gapurow
First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Turkmenistan
In office 24 December 1969 – 21 December 1985
Preceded by	Balyş Öwezow
Succeeded by	Saparmyrat Nyýazow
Personal details
Born	Muhammetnazar Gapurowiç Gapurow (1922-02-15)15 February 1922 Charjou, Turkmen SSR, Soviet Union
Died	13 July 1999(1999-07-13) (aged 77) Berzengi, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
Nationality	Turkmen
Occupation	Politician
Military service
Allegiance	Soviet Union
Branch/service	Red Army
Years of service	1941–1944
Rank	Staff sergeant
Battles/wars	World War II

Muhammetnazar Gapurowiç Gapurow^[a] (Turkmen: Мухамметназар Гапурович Гапуров; 15 February 1922 – 13 July 1999) was a Turkmen politician who was the first secretary of the Communist Party of the Turkmen SSR from 1969 until 1985. He spent his entire career in the Komsomol and Communist Party apparatus, becoming the republic's most influential politician for almost two decades in the Brezhnev era.
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