What is Gurbanmuhammet Kasymow?
'''Gurbanmuhammet Kasymow''', also spelled '''Kurbanmuhammed Kasymov''' or '''Gurbanmukhammet Kasimov''', (July 30, 1954 – September 2, 2021) was a Turkmen politician and lawyer. He worked in the cabinet of [[President of Turkmenistan]] [[Saparmurat Niyazov]]. He was [[Ministry of Internal Affairs (Turkmenistan)|Minister of Internal Affairs]] from 1993 to 1998, [[Ministry of Defense (Turkmenistan)|Minister of Defense]] from 1998 to 1999, and [[Ministry of Justice (Turkmenistan)|Minister of Justice]] from 1999 until 2001.<ref name=ra>{{cite news |first= |last= |title=Источники: бывший министр, вице-премьер и посол Туркменистана скончался от COVID-19 |url=https://rus.azathabar.com/a/31457635.html |work=[[Radio Azatlyk]] |date=2021-09-13 |access-date=2021-09-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210913103107/https://rus.azathabar.com/a/31457635.html |archive-date=2021-09-13 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=ra2>{{cite news |first= |last= |title=В Туркменистане от COVID-19 скончался бывший вице-премьер Курбанмухаммед Касымов |url=https://rus.azathabar.com/a/31457712.html |work=[[Radio Azatlyk]] |date=2021-09-13 |access-date=2021-09-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210913104724/https://rus.azathabar.com/a/31457712.html |archive-date=2021-09-13 |url-status=live }}</ref> He was an Ambassador to [[China]] from 2001 to 2008 and Ambassador to [[Kazakhstan]] from 2008 until 2009. Kasymow died from problems caused by [[COVID-19]] in [[Gokje]], [[Turkmenistan]] on September 2, 2021, at the age of 68.<ref name=ra2/> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Kasymow, Gurbanmuhammet}} [[Category:1954 births]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category:Turkmenistan politicians]] [[Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic]] [[Category:Asian lawyers]] [[Category:Ambassadors]] [[Category:People from Ashgabat]] [[Category:Asian diplomats]] {{bio-stub}}