Nazar Soýunow

Nazar Soýunow (23 August 1936 – 25 March 2021) was a Turkmen politician. A graduate of the Azerbaijan State Oil Academy and the Russian Academy of State Service, he served as Foreign Minister of the Turkmen SSR from 1979 to 1985. He was a member of the People's Council of Turkmenistan from 1990 to 1994, one of the Deputy Chairmen of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan from 1992 to 1994, and Minister of Oil and Mineral Resources from April to July 1994.