Supreme Soviet of the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic

The Supreme Soviet of the Turkmen SSR (Turkmen: Түркменистан ССР Ёкары Советы, romanized: Türkmenistan SSR Ýokary Sowety; Russian: Верховный Совет Туркменской ССР, romanized: Verkhovnyy Sovet Turkmenskoy SSR) was the supreme soviet (main legislative institution) of the Turkmen SSR, one of the union republics of the Soviet Union. The Supreme Soviet of the Turkmen SSR was established in 1938 and disbanded in 1992. It was succeeded by the Assembly of Turkmenistan in 1992.^[2]

Supreme Soviet of the Turkmen SSR Түркменистан ССР Ёкары Советы (Turkmen) Верховный Совет Туркменской ССР (Russian)
Turkmen SSR (1938–1991)  Turkmenistan (1991–1992)
Emblem of the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic
Type
Type	Supreme Soviet[1]
History
Established	1938
Disbanded	1992
Succeeded by	People's Council of Turkmenistan/Assembly of Turkmenistan
Leadership
Chairman	Sahat Muradov (last)
Chairman of the Presidium	Roza Bazarova (last)
Elections
Last election	1990

Chairmen of the Supreme Soviet

Portrait	Chairman	From	To
	Allaberdy Berdyev	24 July 1938	27 January 1942
	Kurban Permanov	27 January 1942	March 1947
	Shadzha Batyrov	March 1947	March 1948
	Yusup Ovezov	March 1948	1956
	Tore Ataev	1956	30 March 1959
	Shamurad Tashliev	30 March 1959	26 March 1963
	Makhtum Shabasanov	26 March 1963	April 1967
	Pigam Azimov	April 1967	29 June 1971
	Davly Karaev	29 June 1971	1973
	Bally Yazkuliev	5 July 1973	17 December 1975
	Aman Durdyev	17 December 1975	21 March 1980
	Orazgeldy Ovezgeldyev	21 March 1980	18 January 1990
	Saparmurat Niyazov	18 January 1990	2 November 1990
	Sahat Muradov	18 November 1990	1992

Chairmen of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet

The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Turkmen SSR was dissolved on January 18, 1990. Thus, all powers of the Chairman of the Presidium were transferred to the Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Turkmen SSR.^[3]

Portrait	Chairman	From	To
	Khivali Babev	26 July 1938	January 1942
	Allaberdy Berdyev	27 January 1942	6 March 1948
	Akmamed Saryev	6 March 1948	30 March 1959
	Nurberdy Bayramov	30 March 1959	26 March 1963
	Annamuhammed Klychev	26 March 1963	15 December 1978
	Bally Yazkuliev	15 December 1978	13 August 1988
	Roza Bazarova	13 August 1988	18 January 1990

See also

• Supreme Soviet