Editing Saparmurat Niyazov (section)

{{Villain_Infobox
|Image = Saparmurat-Niyazov.jpg
|fullname = Saparmurat Atayevich Niyazov
|alias = Türkmenbaşy
|origin = Gypjak, Turkmen SSR, Soviet Union
|occupation = President of Turkmenistan (1990 - 2006)<br>First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Turkmenistan (1985 - 1991)
|type of villain = Mentally ill Tyrant 
|goals = Turning Turkmenistan into his own Disneyland
|crimes = Oppression<br>Abuse of power<br>[[Authoritarianism]]<br>[[Genocide]]<br>[[Homophobia]]<br>[[Islamophobia]]<br>[[Misogyny]]<br>[[Persecution of Christians]]
|hobby = Ruling Turkmenistan<br>Renaming things after himself or his mother}}{{Quote|The bird of happiness can sit on the head of one man, which means the bird of happiness can sit on the head of the whole Turkmen people.|Saparmurat Niyazov}}
'''Saparmurat Niyazov''' (February 19th, 1940 – December 21st, 2006) was a Turkmen politician who served as leader of Turkmenistan from 1985 until his death in 2006. He was criticized for being one of the world's most totalitarian and repressive dictators, highlighting his reputation of imposing his personal eccentricities upon the country, which extended to renaming months for details of his own biography among other things, while also imposing seemingly arbitrary bans on many small things.

Niyazov passed away from a heart attack on December 21st, 2006, while still in office. He was subsequently succeeded by Vice President [[Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow]], who remained President of Turkmenistan until 2022, when he was succeeded by his son, Serdar Berdimuhamedow.