Awdy Kulyýew
Awdy Kulyýew (born July 30, 1936 in Ashgabat , Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic , † April 10, 2007 in Oslo , Norway ) is a Turkmen politician in exile and former foreign and foreign trade minister of Turkmenistan and deputy prime minister.
Role in Turkmenistan
Awdy Kulyýew was a minister in Turkmenistan in the cabinet of dictator Saparmyrat Nyýazow in the early 1990s . From April 1998 Kulyýew was under house arrest in Ashgabad because he was said to have had contacts with the exile opposition.
Working in exile
Awdy Kulyýew later lived in Norway. Before that he worked in Moscow as head of the opposition group “Fund Turkmenistan”. After Nyýazow's death, Kulyýew planned a “flour revolution” according to headlines, but it never came to fruition.
literature
- Michael Thumann: Smiling into poverty . In: Die Zeit , No. 29/1998
- A stumbled god . In: Der Spiegel . No. 24 , 2003 ( online ).
Web links
- headlines russland.ru
- Report by Amnesty International
- Another report from Amnesty International
Individual evidence
- ↑ Roland Götz: Turkmenistan: Information about an unknown republic.
- ↑ Opposition is planning a “flour revolution” in Turkmenistan ( Memento of the original from August 26, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Foreign Minister of Turkmenistan
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kulyýew, Awdy |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Turkmen politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 30, 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ashgabat , Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 10, 2007 |
| Place of death | Oslo , Norway |