Muza Niyazova
Muza Alekseevna Niyazova (Russian: Муза Алексеевна Ниязова, Turkmen: Muza Alekseýewna Niýazowa; 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 her husband in 2006. She is the widow of former President of Turkmenistan Saparmurat Niyazov,[3] with whom she had two children.
Muza Niyazova | |
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| Муза Ниязова | |
| First Lady of Turkmenistan | |
| In role 2 November 1990 – 21 December 2006 | |
| Preceded by | Position created |
| Succeeded by | Ogulgerek Berdimuhamedova |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Muza Alekseevna Niyazova 10 June 1938 Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Saint Petersburg, Russia) |
| Spouse | [1] |
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Biography
Muza Melnikova[4] was born in Leningrad into a family of Russian and Jewish origin. Her 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 molder and was studying at the institute at the same time, and soon she married him. On April 18, 1967, Niyazova gave birth to son Murat, and two years later to their daughter Irina.
Wife to Niyazov
It was understood that when Niyazov was appointed in 1985 as First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Turkmenistan, Niyazova's nationality wife played a decisive role, as members of the Politburo considered that it would force a cap on Turkmen nationalism. Following the collapse of the Soviet government and the 1990 Turkmenistan presidential election, Niyazov alienated Muza from himself as he did not care to become an example of interethnic marriages in a position of power.[5] In Niyazov's latter years, she spent most of her time between Moscow (where she has an apartment on Prospekt Vernadskogo) and London.
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
- ^ Зяньковіч, Мікалай; Зенькович, Николай (2005). Самые секретные родственники (in Russian). ОЛМА Медиа Групп. ISBN 978-5-94850-408-7.
- ^ "Ниязов: "После моей смерти памятники мои разрушат, портреты на деньгах уничтожат" // Наследники, перстни, внебрачный преемник - Компромат.Ру / Compromat.Ru". www.compromat.ru. Retrieved 2022-12-18.