Boris Şyhmyradow

Boris Şyhmyradow
Foreign Minister of Turkmenistan
In office
1995–2000
PresidentSaparmyrat Nyýazow
Preceded byHalykberdy Atayew
Succeeded byBatyr Berdiýew
Personal details
Born (1949-05-25) 25 May 1949
Ashgabat, Turkmen SSR, Soviet Union
SpouseTatyana Shikhmuradova
Children2
Alma materMoscow State University

Boris Orazowiç Şyhmyradow (born 25 May 1949) is a Turkmen politician who served as the minister of foreign affairs of Turkmenistan from 1995 to 2000. He was sentenced to life imprisonment after he was convicted of participation in a plot against President Saparmyrat Nyýazow in 2002. Little is known about his life in prison, and it is unknown whether he remains alive.