Prime Minister of Turkmenistan

This is a list of the heads of govt of Turkmenistan since its establishment in 1937 until the abolition in 1990. There are three living former prime ministers”

• Bally Yazkuliyev (1930)
• Chary Karriyev (1932)
• Annamurat Hojamyradow (1935)

List of Heads of Government of Turkmenistan (1925–1992)

Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic (1925–1991)

Chairmen of the Council of People's Commissars

№	Portrait	Name (Born-Died)	Term
			Took office	Left office	Duration
1		Kaikhaziz Atabayev (1887–1938)	20 February 1925	8 July 1937	12 years, 138 days
2		Aitbay Khudaybergenov (1909–1970)	October 1937	17 October 1945	8 years
3		Sukhan Babayev (1910–1995)	17 October 1945	15 March 1946	149 days

Chairmen of the Council of Ministers

№	Portrait	Name (Born-Died)	Term
			Took office	Left office	Duration
1		Sukhan Babayev (1910–1995)	15 March 1946	14 July 1951	5 years, 121 days
2		Balysh Ovezov (1915–1975)	14 July 1951	14 January 1958	6 years, 184 days
3		Dzhuma Durdy Karayev (1910–1960)	14 January 1958	20 January 1959	1 year, 6 days
(2)		Balysh Ovezov (1915–1975)	20 January 1959	13 June 1960	1 year, 145 days
4		Abdy Annaliyev (1920–2007)	13 June 1960	26 March 1963	2 years, 286 days
5		Muhammetnazar Gapurow (1922–1999)	26 March 1963	25 December 1969	6 years, 274 days
6		Oraz Orazmuhammedow (1928–?)	25 December 1969	17 December 1975	5 years, 357 days
7		Bally Yazkuliyev (born 1930)	17 December 1975	15 December 1978	2 years, 363 days
8		Chary Karriyev (born 1932)	15 December 1978	26 March 1985	6 years, 101 days
9		Saparmurat Niyazov (1940–2006)	26 March 1985	4 January 1986	284 days
10		Annamurat Hojamyradow (born 1935)	4 January 1986	17 November 1989	3 years, 317 days
11		Han Ahmedow (1936–2006)	5 December 1989	27 October 1991	1 year, 344 days