Awdy Kulyýew
Politician, Deceased Person
1936 – 2007
Who was Awdy Kulyýew?
Awdy Kulyýew served as the first Foreign Minister of Turkmenistan. He resigned in 1992 and left the country, opposing the government of President Saparmurat Niyazov. The United Turkmen Opposition was formed in 2002 with Kulyýew as its leader.
He died on April 10, 2007 in Oslo, Norway, after undergoing stomach surgery two days earlier.
He was living in exile in Moscow as of August 2005 when Journey Man Pictures interviewed him secretly for a documentary about Turkmenistan. During the interview Kulyýew claimed that following the failed coup of 25 November 2002 that many former ministers, memebrs of government and business leaders were arrested and tortured in Turkmenistan's jails.
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- Born
- Jul 30, 1936
Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic - Profession
- Education
- Turkmen State University
- Died
- Apr 10, 2007
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on July 23, 2013
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