The Communist Party of Turkmenistan (russian: Коммунистическая партия Туркменистана; tk, Türkmenistanyň Kommunistik Partiýasy) was the ruling

communist party A communist party is a political party that seeks to realize the socio-economic goals of communism. The term ''communist party'' was popularized by the title of '' The Manifesto of the Communist Party'' (1848) by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engel ...

of the

Turkmen SSR Turkmen, Türkmen, Turkoman, or Turkman may refer to: Peoples Historical ethnonym * Turkoman (ethnonym), ethnonym used for the Oghuz Turks during the Middle Ages Ethnic groups * Turkmen in Anatolia and the Levant (Seljuk and Ottoman-Turkish des ...

, and a part of the

Communist Party of the Soviet Union " Hymn of the Bolshevik Party" , headquarters = 4 Staraya Square, Moscow , general_secretary = Vladimir Lenin (first) Mikhail Gorbachev (last) , founded = , banned = , founder = Vladimir Lenin , newspape ...

. From 1985 it was led by

Saparmurat Niyazov Saparmurat Atayevich Niyazov; tk, Saparmyrat Ataýewiç Nyýazow, in Cyrillic: Сапармырат Атаевич Ныязов (19 February 1940 – 21 December 2006), also known as Turkmenbashi, was a Turkmen politician who rule ...

. 16 December 1991, as the Soviet Union was in the process of dissolving, Niyazov reorganized the CPT as the

Democratic Party of Turkmenistan ) , colours = Green Gold (color), Gold , seats1_title = Seats in the Assembly of Turkmenistan , seats1 = , colors = Green Gold (color), Gold , website tdp.gov.tm The Democratic Party of Turkmenistan ( tk, Türkmenistanyň Demokratik Parti ...

. The current Communist Party of Turkmenistan was made illegal during the presidency of Niyazov after independence and remains banned.

First Secretaries of the Communist Party of Turkmenistan

Second Secretaries of the Communist Party of Turkmenistan

* Vasily Rykov (1963–1975)

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Communist parties in the Soviet Union 1924 establishments in the Soviet Union 1991 disestablishments in the Soviet Union Banned communist parties Political parties in Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan Turkmenistan ( or ; tk, Türkmenistan / Түркменистан, ) is a country located in Central Asia, bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the s ...

Communism in Turkmenistan

Political parties established in 1921 Parties of one-party systems Political parties disestablished in 1991 Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic {{Turkmenistan-party-stub

First Secretaries of the Communist Party of Turkmenistan

Second Secretaries of the Communist Party of Turkmenistan

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