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This digital document is an article from APS Review Downstream Trends, published by Pam Stein/Input Solutions on October 21, 2002. The length of the article is 1452 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.Citation Details
Title: TURKMENISTAN - Saparmurat Niyazov.
Publication: APS Review Downstream Trends (Newsletter)
Date: October 21, 2002
Publisher: Pam Stein/Input Solutions
Volume: 59 Issue: 17Distributed by Thompson Gale
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Niyazov was born on Feb. 19, 1940 into a poor worker's family. His father was killed in World War II. During the 1948 earthquake in Ashgabat, he lost the remaining members of his family. He grew up in an orphanage and subsequently lived with distant relatives. He graduated as an electrical engineer from the Leningrad Polytechnical Institute in 1966. After working at the Bezmeinskaya power station in Turkmenistan, Niyazov became involved in public life, rising in the ranks of the local Communist Party. In 1985, he was made prime minister, as a reward for his work, and was elected First Secretary of the Central Committee of the local Communist Party, the highest state and party post. On Jan...
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