Grigory Naumovich Aronshtam (1893 – 1938) served as the fourth General Secretary

General Secretary

The office of general secretary is staffed by the chief officer of:*The General Secretariat for Macedonia and Thrace, a government agency for the Greek regions of Macedonia and Thrace...

 of the Communist Party of the Turkmen SSR

Communist Party of the Turkmen SSR

The Communist Party of the Turkmen SSR was the ruling communist party of the Turkmen SSR, and a part of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. From 1985 it was led by Saparmurat Niyazov, who in 1991 renamed the party to the Democratic Party of Turkmenistan, which is no longer a communist party...

, serving from 11 May 1928 until August 1930. In addition, he was the third and final person to hold the position of President of the Turkmen SSR

Turkmen SSR

The Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic , also known as the Turkmen SSR for short, was one of republics of the Soviet Union in Central Asia. It was initially established on 7 August 1921 as the Turkmen Oblast of the Turkestan ASSR. On 13 May 1925 it was transformed into Turkmen SSR and became a...

 before its responsibilities were merged with those of the General Secretary.

He was succeeded as General Secretary by Yakov Popok

Yakov Popok

Yakov Abramovich Popok served as the fifth General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Turkmen SSR.His term began in August 1930, replacing Grigory Aronshtam. He fell ill in early 1937, causing him to resign on 15 April...

.