The title Hero of Turkmenistan () is a state award of

Turkmenistan Turkmenistan is a landlocked country in Central Asia bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the south and southwest and the Caspian Sea to the west. Ash ...

. It was first awarded in 1992 and was awarded for service to the implementation of domestic and foreign policy.

History

The title of Hero of Turkmenistan was established by the Law of Turkmenistan "On establishing the highest degree of distinction - the title of Hero of Turkmenistan" adopted by the Mejlis of Turkmenistan on 30 September 1992. The law of Turkmenistan dated 27 December 1995 No. 101-1 approved the new edition of the "Regulation on the title of Hero of Turkmenistan". The next version of the regulation was approved by the Law of Turkmenistan of 28 February 2015.

Recipients

President

Saparmurat Niyazov Saparmurat Atayevich Niyazov (19 February 1940 – 21 December 2006) was a Turkmenistani politician who led Turkmenistan from 1985 until his death in 2006. He was the Secretary (title), first secretary of the Communist Party of Turkmenist ...

has been awarded the title the most: 30 September 1992, 27 December 1995, 17 July 1998, 25 October 1999, 18 February 2000, 19 October 2001. Other recipients include the following: *

Atamyrat Niyazov Kerki is a city in and capital of Kerki District, Lebap Province, Turkmenistan. It was formerly known as Zamm and, between 1999 and 2017, as Atamyrat. Geography It is situated on a plain on the left bank of the Amu Darya river. Nearby towns ...

(4 May 1992) * Myratberdi Sopyev (2001) * Sadulla Rozmetov (2001) * Gedai Akhmetov (2001) * Saparmamed Valiev (2001) * Sapysh Cherkezov (2001) *

Gurbansoltan Eje Gurbansoltan Niýazowa (née Atamyradowa; 1913 – 6 October 1948), known as Gurbansoltan Eje, was the mother of the first post-Soviet president of Turkmenistan, Saparmyrat Nyýazow ("Türkmenbaşy"). She was killed in the 1948 Ashgabat earthq ...

(5 July 2002) *

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(27 October 2008) *

Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow Gurbanguly Mälikgulyýewiç Berdimuhamedow (born 29 June 1957) is a Turkmen politician and former dentist who is currently the chairman of the People's Council of Turkmenistan. He previously served as the second president of Turkmenistan from ...

(25 October 2011) *

Oleg Kononenko Oleg Dmitriyevich Kononenko (; ; born 21 June 1964) is a Russian cosmonaut. He has flown to the International Space Station five times as a flight engineer for Expedition 17 aboard Soyuz TMA-12, as a flight engineer on Expedition 30 and comm ...

(25 September 2019) * Aksoltan Ataýewa (25 September 2019) * Çynar Rustemowa (25 September 2021) In 2000, by means of a special resolution of President Niyazov, all Turkmen soldiers who died in the

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fighting with the

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were declared heroes of Turkmenistan.

References

Awards established in 1994 Orders, decorations, and medals of Turkmenistan 1994 establishments in Turkmenistan Hero (title) {{Orders-medals-stub