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The president of Turkmenistan (Turkmen: Türkmenistanyň prezidenti), officially the president and chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan, is the head of state and head of government of Turkmenistan. The president is also the supreme commander in chief of the Armed Forces of Turkmenistan and heads the State Security Council.
Serdar Gurbangulyýewiç Berdimuhamedow (Turkmen pronunciation: [θɛɾˈdɑɾ ɢʊɾbɑnʁʊˈlɯjɛβɪtʃ bɛɾdɯmʊxɑmɛˈdoβ]; born 22 September 1981) is a Turkmen politician serving as the third and current president of Turkmenistan since 19 March 2022.
On 21 January 2023, President Serdar Berdimuhamedow appointed his father, former President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, chairman of the People's Council of Turkmenistan with the title "National Leader" (Turkmen: Milli Lider). [4] [5] [6] [7]
ASHGABAT (Reuters) -Turkmen President Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov's son, Serdar, is poised to win Saturday's snap presidential election and succeed his father as the ruler of a gas-rich Central ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 2 February 2025. Turkmen politician (born 1957) In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Mälikgulyýewiç and the family name is Berdimuhamedow. His Excellency Arkadag National Leader of the Turkmen People Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow Berdimuhamedow in 2017 Chairman of the ...
The politics of Turkmenistan nominally takes place in the framework of a presidential republic, whereby the President of Turkmenistan is nominally both head of state and head of government. However, as of 21 January 2023 a "national leader" was appointed who chairs an independent People's Council ( viz. ) with authority to amend the ...
No prior elections in Turkmenistan have been free and fair and the 2022 elections took place in an authoritarian context. [5] [6] [7] The country has been described as a totalitarian dictatorship under the rule of Saparmurat Niyazov and Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow. [8]
Tatiana C. Gfoeller was a U.S. diplomat in Bahrain, Belgium, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Russia, the Soviet Union and Turkmenistan. She has taught political science at Georgetown University.