On June 1 [2004], Turkmenistan’s Ministry of Education will implement President Saparmurat Niyazov’s order to invalidate all higher education degrees received outside the country since 1993, and to dismiss holders of such degrees from state jobs. Decree No. 126, as the new measure is called, is the latest in a long series of educational restrictions, and represents a major blow to the country’s student population and dwindling professional class.

From Eurasianet.org ("Turkmenistan's Education System in Downward Spiral", http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/rights/articles/eav050504.shtml)

He ordered the months and days of the week named after himself and his family

So did he die on a Saparmurat in the month of Niyazov?