title: Halmurad Sahatmuradov
text: # Halmurad Sahatmuradov
  
  Halmurad Sahatmuradov (Turkmen: Halmyrat Sahatmyradow, Russian: Халмурад Сахатмурадов) (1898–1938) served as the second president of the Turkmen SSR, serving from 1925 until August 1928. He is sometimes mistaken for a first secretary of the Turkmen SSR, when in reality the first secretaries at the time were:
  
  * Ivan Mezhlauk to 1926
  * Shaymardan Ibragimov 1926-1927
  * Nikolay Paskutsky 1927-1928
  