Dangatar Kopekov

Dangatar Abdyevich Kopekov (Turkmen: Dangatar Abdyeviç Köpekow; Russian: Данатар Абдыевич Копеков) was a Turkmen general and the former Minister of Defense of Turkmenistan and the last Chairman of the Turkmen KGB.[1]

Dangatar Kopekov
Minister of Defense of Turkmenistan
In office
January 7, 1992 – September 17, 1998
PresidentSaparmurat Niyazov
Preceded byPosition Established
Succeeded byKurbanmuhammed Kasymov
Chairman of the Turkmen KGB
In office
March 25, 1991 – September 1991
First SecretarySaparmurat Niyazov
Preceded byPetr Arkhipov
Succeeded byPosition Abolished
Personal details
BornMay 12, 1933
Ashgabat, Turkmen SSR, Soviet Union
DiedSeptember 21, 2011
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
Political partyCPSU
Communist Party of Turkmenistan
Military service
Allegiance Soviet Union
 Turkmenistan
Years of service1959-1997
RankGeneral of the Army

Early life and career

Kopekov was born in Ashgabat In 1933. He worked as a junior operative and operative with the First Department of the KGB at the Council of Ministers of the Turkmen SSR. Then he was transferred to the First Main Directorate of the KGB of the USSR (external intelligence). In 1968, he was sent to Iran to work as an assistant to the KGB resident in Mashhad. In 1971 he was deported to the USSR. In March 1991, he was appointed the Chairman of the KGB of the Turkmen SSR. In January 1992, he was appointed the first Minister of Defense of independent Turkmenistan. He had a great influence on the President of Turkmenistan Saparmurat Niyazov. He has lived in retirement in Ashgabat since 1999. He died on September 21, 2011 in a military hospital.[2]

Ranks
  • Major (1971)
  • Lieutenant-Colonel (1974)
  • Colonel
  • Major-General (1990)
  • Lieutenant-General (1992)
  • Colonel-General (1993)
  • General of the Army

See also

References
  1. "КОПЕКОВ Данатар Абдыевич". shieldandsword.mozohin.ru. Retrieved 2017-09-20.
  2. "| ЦентрАзия". www.centrasia.ru. Retrieved 2017-09-29.
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