Five days after the death of Turkmenistan 's authoritarian president , Saparmurat Niyazov , the upper chamber of the legislature agreed Tuesday to schedule an election for Feb. 11 to pick his successor but also limited those who could run to the six candidates it chose .
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Saparmurat Niyazov
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Turkmenistan
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