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Below is a list of leaders of present-day Turkmenistan since the establishment of Turkmen SSR in 1925. Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic (1925–1991)
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 ...
Saparmurat Atayevich Niyazov Türkmenbaşy (Russian: Сапармурат Атаевич Ниязов; Turkmen: Saparmyrat Ataýewiç Nyýazow; [a] 19 February 1940 – 21 December 2006), was a Turkmen politician who led Turkmenistan from 1985 until his death in 2006.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 20 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 ...
Berdimuhamedow had previously served in several other positions within the government of his father, Gurbanguly, the long-standing authoritarian ruler of Turkmenistan. The father and son entered into a power-sharing arrangement in 2022 whereby they jointly rule a totalitarian system of government in Turkmenistan. [1] [2]
Turkmenistan opened a new, futuristic "smart" city on Thursday dedicated to its former president Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov. The city is named Arkadag, or protector, an unofficial title by which ...
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.
In March 1990, Turkmenistan participated in the internationally observed referendum on the future of the Soviet Union, where 98% percent of participants voted in support of the preservation of the Soviet Union. After the August 1991 coup in Moscow, Turkmenia's communist leader Saparmurat Niyazov called for a popular referendum on independence. [8]