Aýtbaý Hudaýbergenow

Aýtbaý Hudaýbergenow was a Soviet Turkmen official and party figure who served as the Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Turkmen SSR from July 1937 to 17 October 1945.

Early life He graduated from Ashgabat Agricultural College in 1930. From 1930 to 1932 and 1933 to 1934 he studied at the Turkmen Agricultural Institute, and was secretary of the party committee. He became a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1929.

Career In 1932-1933 he was involved in party work. In 1934 he served as deputy director of the machine and tractor station. From 1934 to 1936 he served in the Red Army. From 1936 to August 1937 he served as second secretary of the Mary district committee of the Communist Party of Turkmenistan (CCPT). In August 1937 he was appointed instructor of the CCPT agricultural department. From August to November 1937 he served acting 1st secretary of the CCPT Leninsky District Committee. From November 1937 to October 17, 1945 he served as chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Turkmen SSR (prime minister).

During the war he led the republic's efforts by mobilizing Turkmenistan resources for the war, including cotton (for gunpowder) and oil and an oil refinery was transported from Tuapse to Turkmenistan. Horses, food, and warm clothing were delivered to the front and he helped to settle refugees who fled to the republic from the European parts of the Soviet Union.