context: The old leader of the Turkmenistan Socialist Republic of Turkmenistan, Saparmurat Niyazov, became Turkmenistan's first president after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Under his leadership, relations between Russians and Turkmen were very cold. He called himself a promoter of traditional Muslims and the culture of the Turkmen nation, he even called himself Türkmenbaşy, which means the Leader of all Turkmen nations. His extension of power grew in the early 1990s, and in 1999 he became President for life.
question: Who is the First Turkmenistan President?
answers.text: Saparmurat Niyazov