Serdar Berdymukhammedov

president of Turkmenistan

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In Turkmenistan: Presidency of Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov
His son, Serdar, began taking on a number of public positions, and in 2021 he was appointed to the post of deputy prime minister. That same year an upper chamber was created for the legislature; Gurbanguly became its chair, which would allow him to retain a postpresidential…
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In Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov
His son, Serdar, won the election with more than 70 percent of the vote and took over as president days later. Gurbanguly, meanwhile, retained his role as chair of the People’s Council (Khalk Maslahaty), the upper chamber of the legislature created in 2021.
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