| Flag: | Flag of the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic (1973–1991).svg |
| Native Name: | Russian: Коммунистическая партия Туркменистана Turkmen: Türkmenistanyň Kommunistik Partiýasy |
| Communist Party of Turkmenistan | |
| Founded: | 19 November 1924 |
| Banned: | 16 December 1991 |
| Ideology: | Communism Marxism–Leninism |
| Position: | Far-left |
| National: | Communist Party of the Soviet Union |
| Successor: | Democratic Party of Turkmenistan |
| Colours: | Red |
| Country: | Turkmenistan |
The Communist Party of Turkmenistan (Russian: Коммунистическая партия Туркменистана|translit=Kommunisticheskaya partiya Turkmenistana; Turkmen: Түркменистаның Коммунистик Партиясы|translit=Türkmenistanyň Kommunistik Partiýasy) was the ruling communist party of the Turkmen SSR which operated as a republican branch of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. From 1985, it was led by Saparmurat Niyazov. On 16 December 1991, as the Soviet Union was in the process of dissolving, Niyazov reorganized the CPT as the Democratic Party of Turkmenistan.[1] The current Communist Party of Turkmenistan was made illegal during the presidency of Niyazov after independence and remains banned.[2]
| Picture | Name | Took office | Left office | Political party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Secretary | ||||||
| 1 | Ivan Mezhlauk(1891–1938) | 19 November 1924 | 1926 | CPT/CPSU | ||
| 2 | Shaymardan Ibragimov(1899–1957) | June 1926 | 1927 | CPT/CPSU | ||
| 3 | Nikolay Paskutsky(1894–1938) | 1927 | 1928 | CPT/CPSU | ||
| 4 | Grigory Aronshtam(1893–1938) | 11 May 1928 | August 1930 | CPT/CPSU | ||
| 5 | Yakov Popok(1894–1938) | August 1930 | 15 April 1937 | CPT/CPSU | ||
| 6 | Anna Mukhamedov(1900–1938) | April 1937 | October 1937 | CPT/CPSU | ||
| 7 | Yakov Chubin(1893–1956) | October 1937 | November 1939 | CPT/CPSU | ||
| 8 | Mikhail Fonin(1905–1974) | November 1939 | March 1947 | CPT/CPSU | ||
| 9 | Shadzha Batyrov(1908–1965) | March 1947 | July 1951 | CPT/CPSU | ||
| 10 | Sukhan Babyev(1910–1995) | July 1951 | 14 December 1958 | CPT/CPSU | ||
| 11 | Dzhuma Durdy Karayev(1910–1960) | 14 December 1958 | 4 May 1960 | CPT/CPSU | ||
| 12 | Balysh Ovezov(1915–1975) | 13 June 1960 | 24 December 1969 | CPT/CPSU | ||
| 13 | Muhammetnazar Gapurow (1922–1999) | 24 December 1969 | 21 December 1985 | CPT/CPSU | ||
| 14 | Saparmurat Niyazov (1940–2006) | 21 December 1985 | 16 December 1991 | CPT/CPSU | ||
| Picture | Name | Took office | Left office | Political party | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Second Secretary | |||||||
| style="background:; color:white;" | - | Anna Mukhammedov (1900–1938) | March 3, 1935 | October 1937 | CPT/CPSU | ||
| style="background:; color:white;" | - | Allaberdy Berdyev (1904–1964) | July 16, 1938 | August 20, 1940 | CPT/CPSU | ||
| style="background:; color:white;" | - | Kurban Permanov(1909–1969)[3] | November 28, 1941 | February 17, 1945 | CPT/CPSU | ||
| style="background:; color:white;" | - | Shadzha Batyrov (1908–1965) | November 1945 | July 1947 | CPT/CPSU | ||
| style="background:; color:white;" | - | Arkady Sennikov (1908–1974)[4] | July 1947 | September 10, 1953 | CPT/CPSU | ||
| style="background:; color:white;" | - | Polikarp Dolgov (1910–1989) | September 10, 1953 | February 14, 1954 | CPT/CPSU | ||
| style="background:; color:white;" | - | Fyedor Grishaenkov (1914–1983) | February 14, 1954 | June 13, 1960 | CPT/CPSU | ||
| style="background:; color:white;" | - | Mikhail Pimenov (1914–?)[5] | June 13, 1960 | March 25, 1963 | CPT/CPSU | ||
| style="background:; color:white;" | - | Vasily Rykov(1918–2011)[6] | March 25, 1963 | April 14, 1975 | CPT/CPSU | ||
| style="background:; color:white;" | - | Viktor Pereudin (1923–2001)[7] | April 14, 1975 | December 20, 1980 | CPT/CPSU | ||
| style="background:; color:white;" | - | Albert Rachkov (1927–2023)[8] | December 20, 1980 | July 26, 1986 | CPT/CPSU | ||
| style="background:; color:white;" | - | Sergei Nesterenko (1935–)[9] | July 26, 1986 | 1991 | CPT/CPSU | ||
| style="background:; color:white;" | - | Alexander Dodonov (1946–2018)[10] | 1991 | 1991 | CPT/CPSU | ||