Boris Şyhmyradow
Boris Şyhmyradow  | |
|---|---|
| Foreign Minister of Turkmenistan | |
| In office 1995–2000  | |
| President | Saparmyrat Nyýazow | 
| Preceded by | Halykberdy Atayew | 
| Succeeded by | Batyr Berdiýew | 
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 May 1949 Ashgabat, Turkmen SSR, Soviet Union  | 
| Spouse | Tatyana Shikhmuradova | 
| Children | 2 | 
| Alma mater | Moscow 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.