Dangatar Köpekow

Then he was transferred to the First Main Directorate of the KGB of the Soviet Union (external intelligence).Twenty years later, in March 1991, he was appointed the chairman of the KGB of the Turkmen SSR.In the early 1990s, Köpekow was awarded the military rank of Colonel-General, and later became a General of the Army of Turkmenistan.On 12 September 1998, a terrorist attack was committed in Ashgabat, which resulted in the death of seven people.On 17 September, Köpekow was removed from his post, stripped of his rank, and appointed head of the Department of Law Enforcement and Military Agencies of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan.
Minister of Defense of TurkmenistanSaparmyrat NyýazowGurbanmuhammet KasymowTurkmen KGBAshgabatCommunist Party of TurkmenistanSoviet UnionTurkmenistanGeneral of the ArmyMashhadminister of defense of independent TurkmenistanMilitary Institute of the Ministry of DefenceCabinet of Ministers of TurkmenistanOrder of the Red StarGovernment of TurkmenistanMinistry of Defense of Turkmenistan