Saparmurat Niyazov
President of Turkmenistan from 1990 to 2006
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He renamed the months after chapters of his own book, closed rural hospitals across half a country, and was declared president for life in 1999. Turkmenistan under Saparmurat Niyazov became one of the world's most isolated dictatorships, where passing a driving test required an exam on his autobiography.
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Saparmurat Niyazov led Turkmenistan for over two decades, first as Communist Party secretary from 1985, then as president after the Soviet collapse in 1991. He supported the failed 1991 Soviet coup and carried that authoritarian instinct into independence, building a cult of personality so extreme he renamed days and months after his autobiography, the Ruhnama, which became mandatory reading in every school, university, and job interview. In 1999 the Assembly declared him president for life. His eccentricities hardened into brutality: in 2005 he shuttered all rural libraries and hospitals outs…
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- Saparmyrat NyýazowLow confidencewikipedia · it.wikipedia.org
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