| Thursday, December 21, 2006 |
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the future like always is unknown
Saparmurat Niyazov, Turkmenistan Leader, Dies
Published: December 21, 2006
Turkmen President-for-life Saparmurat Niyazov has died, Turkmenistan state-controlled television said on Thursday confirming an earlier report from a government source.
"Turkmenbashi (Head of the Turkmen) the Great has died," said a news presenter on Turkmen state-controlled television.
He said the 66-year-old leader had died of a sudden cardiac arrest. The TV ran still images of a national flag in a black-bordered frame.
Niyazov, 66, had been in power in his reclusive Central Asian state -- the second largest natural gas producer in the former Soviet Union -- since 1985 before independence from Moscow.
He tolerated no dissent and enjoyed a flourishing personality cult with thousands of portraits and statues to him throughout the country.
His name has been given to a sea port, farms, military units and even to a meteorite.
A Reuters correspondent in the Turkmen capital said the situation was calm but workers were seen removing New Year decorations from fir trees in the streets.
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