Awdy Kulyýew - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Awdy Kulyýew served as the first Foreign Minister of Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan , formerly also known as Turkmenia is one of the Turkic states in Central Asia. Until 1991, it was a constituent republic of the Soviet Union, the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic . Turkmenistan is one of the six independent Turkic states...

. He resigned in 1992 and left the country, opposing the government of President Saparmurat Niyazov

Saparmurat Niyazov

Saparmurat Atayevich Niyazov; , was a Turkmen politician who served as President of Turkmenistan from 2 November 1990 until his death in 2006...

. The United Turkmen Opposition

Turkmen Union of Democratic Forces

Turkmen Union of Democratic Forces is a Turkmen political party that organized in Vienna, Austria in 23 November 2003. Former Foreign Minister Awdy Kulyýew, former ambassador to Turkey Nurmuhammet Hanamow, former central bank chief Hudaýberdi Orazow and former Deputy Agriculture Minister Saparmyrat...

was formed in 2002 with Kulyýew as its leader.

He died on April 10, 2007 in Oslo

Oslo

Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...

, Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

, after undergoing stomach surgery two days earlier.

External links

Obituary from The Independent

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