For 10 points, identify this first post- Soviet President of Turkmenistan.
To repudiate foreign culture, this leader renamed the months of the year to celebrate traditional religion, national epics and heroes. Out of the many national holidays created by this leader, Melon day is one of the few that is still celebrated. This leader built a massive arch to commemorate the UN's recognition of his country's permanent neutrality. This leader mandated reading a fabricated history of his country that he wrote called the (*) Ruhmana, renamed the city of Krasnovodsk after himself, and created a Latin-based alphabet to replace his country's Cyrillic writing. This leader's massive cult of personality involved the construction of numerous gold statues of himself and his declaration to be President for Life, which ended when he died in 2006. For 10 points, identify this first post- Soviet President of Turkmenistan.
To repudiate foreign culture, this leader renamed the months of the year to celebrate traditional religion, national epics and heroes.
Saparmurat (Atayevich) Niyazov [or Saparmurat Türkmenbaşy]