Ivan Mezhlauk
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Ivan Ivanovich Mezhlauk served as the first General Secretary
of the Communist Party of the Turkmen SSR
as well as its first President.
He was president from 19 November 1924 until September 1925, when he was replaced with Khalmurad Sakhatmuradov
. His term as General Secretary lasted longer. Mezhlauk served from 1924 to 1926.
He was succeeded as General Secretary by Shaymardan Ibragimov
.
General Secretary
The office of general secretary is staffed by the chief officer of:*The General Secretariat for Macedonia and Thrace, a government agency for the Greek regions of Macedonia and Thrace...
of the Communist Party of the Turkmen SSR
Communist Party of the Turkmen SSR
The Communist Party of the Turkmen SSR was the ruling communist party of the Turkmen SSR, and a part of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. From 1985 it was led by Saparmurat Niyazov, who in 1991 renamed the party to the Democratic Party of Turkmenistan, which is no longer a communist party...
as well as its first President.
He was president from 19 November 1924 until September 1925, when he was replaced with Khalmurad Sakhatmuradov
Khalmurad Sakhatmuradov
Khalmurad Sakhatmuradov served as the second President of the Turkmen SSR, serving from 1925 until August 1928. He is sometimes mistaken for a General Secretary of the Turkmen SSR, when in reality the General Secretaries at the time were:*Ivan Mezhlauk to 1926...
. His term as General Secretary lasted longer. Mezhlauk served from 1924 to 1926.
He was succeeded as General Secretary by Shaymardan Ibragimov
Shaymardan Ibragimov
Shaymardan Nurimanovich Ibragimov served as the second General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Turkmen SSR, serving from 1926 until 1927.He was succeeded as General Secretary by Yakov Popok.-References:...
.