In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Mälikgulyýewiç and the family name is Berdimuhamedow.
National Leader of the Turkmen People Arkadag
Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow
Berdimuhamedow in 2017
Chairman of the People's Council of Turkmenistan
Incumbent
Assumed office 14 April 2021[a]
Preceded by
Position re-established
2nd President of Turkmenistan
In office 14 February 2007 – 19 March 2022 Acting: 21 December 2006 – 14 February 2007
Vice President
Raşit Meredow
Preceded by
Saparmyrat Nyýazow
Succeeded by
Serdar Berdimuhamedow
Leader of the Democratic Party
In office 4 August 2007 – 18 August 2013 Acting: 21 December 2006 – 4 August 2007
Preceded by
Saparmyrat Nyýazow
Succeeded by
Kasymguly Babaýew
3rd Deputy Chairman of Government
In office 1 March 2001 – 14 February 2007
President
Saparmyrat Nyýazow Himself (acting)
Preceded by
Orazgeldi Aýdogdiýew
Succeeded by
Raşit Meredow
Personal details
Born
Gurbanguly Mälikgulyýewiç Berdimuhamedow
(1957-06-29) 29 June 1957 (age 66) Babarap, Turkmen SSR, Soviet Union
Nationality
Turkmen
Political party
Independent (2013–present)
Other political affiliations
TDP (before 2013)
Spouse
Ogulgerek Berdimuhamedowa
Children
4, including Serdar
Parents
Mälikguly Berdimuhamedow (father)
Ogulabat Kurrayeva (mother)
Alma mater
Turkmen State Medical Institute
Profession
Dentist
Military service
Allegiance
Turkmenistan
Branch/service
Turkmen Ground Forces
Rank
General of the Army (since 2007)[2]
Gurbanguly Mälikgulyýewiç Berdimuhamedow[b][c][d][13] (born 29 June 1957) is a Turkmen politician who is currently the chairman of the People's Council of Turkmenistan (Turkmen: Halk Maslahaty). He previously served as the 2nd President of Turkmenistan from 2006 to 2022, when he entered into a power-sharing arrangement with his son, Serdar, the current president.[14][15][1]
A dentist by profession, Berdimuhamedow served in the government of the president, Saparmyrat Niyazow, as the minister of health in 1997 and as the vice-president in 2001. He became acting president following Niyazow's death on 21 December 2006 and subsequently won the 2007 presidential election. He faced no meaningful opposition and won by an overwhelming margin with 89% of the vote.[16] In 2012, he was re-elected for a second term with 97% of the vote and he was re-elected again in 2017 with 97.7% of the vote.[17][18] He was among the candidates elected to the People's Council of Turkmenistan on 28 March 2021, as a member from Ahal Region.[19] He reportedly received 100% of votes from the electors.[20] On 14 April 2021, he was unanimously elected chairman of the People's Council, the upper chamber of the Turkmen parliament.[21][22]
Like his predecessor, Berdimuhamedow headed an authoritarian regime and is the subject of a cult of personality. Rights groups have described Turkmenistan under Berdimuhamedow as one of the most repressive countries in the world,[23] accusing Berdimuhamedow, his relatives, and his associates of possessing and exercising unlimited power over all aspects of public life.[24][25]
Berdimuhamedow stepped down as president on 19 March 2022, being succeeded by his son, Serdar, who won a snap election deemed as neither free nor fair,[26] making Turkmenistan the first Central Asian country to be ruled by a dynastic system. The People's Council was subsequently re-formed as the country's top leadership body in January 2023, with Serdar then reappointing his father as its chairman and granting him the title "National Leader of the Turkmen People".[1]
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^«Гурбангулы Бердымухамедов возвёл свою единоличную власть до уровня абсолютной монархии [Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow raised is individual authority to the level of absolute monarchy] (in Russian), RFE/RL, 25 January 2023, archived from the original on 3 February 2023, retrieved 27 January 2023
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^"Список избранных членов Халк Маслахаты Милли Генгеша Туркменистана" (in Russian). Central commission for holding elections and referendums in Turkmenistan. Archived from the original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
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^"Президент Туркменистана избран председателем новой палаты парламента" (in Russian). «Туркменистан: золотой век». 14 April 2021. Archived from the original on 2 May 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
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^"Turkmenistan holds inauguration of new president (UPDATE)". Trend News Agency. 19 March 2022. Archived from the original on 19 March 2022. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
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