Muza Niyazova
Muza Niyazova Муза Алексеевна Ниязова | |
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| First Lady of Turkmenistan | |
| In role 2 November 1990 – 21 December 2006 | |
| Preceded by | Position created |
| Succeeded by | Ogulgerek Berdimuhamedova |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 June 1938 Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Saint Petersburg, Russia) |
| Spouse(s) | [1] |
| Children |
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Muza Niyazova (née Melnikova, born 10 June 1938) is a Turkmen public figure who held the role of First Lady of Turkmenistan from 1991 until the death of his husband in 2006. She is the widow of former President of Turkmenistan Saparmurat Niyazov,[3] with whom she had two children.[4]
Biography[]
Muza Niyazova was born in Leningrad in family of Russian and Jewish origin. Muza's father fought in the Great Patriotic War and was a senior officer in Soviet army. She graduated from the Leningrad Polytechnic Institute. In the mid-1960s she met Saparmurat Niyazov, who at that time worked at the Kirov plant as a moulder and was studying at the institute at the same time, and soon she married him. On April 18, 1967, Niyazova gave birth to son Murad, and two years later to their daughter Irina.
References[]
- ^ Hiro, Dilip (November 2011). Inside Central Asia: A Political and Cultural History of Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz stan, Tajikistan, Turkey, and Iran. ISBN 9781590203781.
- ^ Президент Туркмении Сапармурат Ниязов: "Я покину пост главы государства еще при жизни" - Известия // Izvestia
- ^ Муза Ниязова: “Не получилась у нас совместная жизнь” - - МК // Moskovskij Komsomolets
- ^ Bezydeiny, Ivan (2006-12-29). "The Turkmen establishment compiled the list of candidates for president. The Kremlin won the first round of the battle for Turkmenistan". fergananews.com. Retrieved 2017-08-23.
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