Serdar Berdimuhamedow | |
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.jpg) Berdimuhamedow in 2022 | |
| 3rd President of Turkmenistan | |
| Assumed office 19 March 2022 | |
| Vice President | Raşit Meredow |
| Preceded by | Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow |
| Governor of Ahal | |
| In office 17 June 2019 – 7 February 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Tangahuly Atakhallyev |
| Succeeded by | Ýazmuhammet Gurbanowa |
| Member of the Assembly of Turkmenistan | |
| In office 23 November 2016 – 2 January 2019 | |
| Constituency | 25th district |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Serdar Gurbangulyýewiç Berdimuhamedow 22 September 1981 Ashgabat, Turkmen SSR, Soviet Union |
| Political party | TDP |
| Children | 4 |
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| Education | |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Turkmenistan |
| Branch/service |  Turkmen Ground Forces |
| Years of service | 2001–2003 |
| Rank | Army general |
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. 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 an authoritarian system of government in Turkmenistan.[1][2]
In 2021, he became one of several deputy chairmen in the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan. The next year, he won 73 percent of the vote in the country's presidential election, considered to be neither free nor fair,[3] succeeding his father's 18-year-long totalitarian tenure as president and making Turkmenistan the first modern country in Central Asia to be ruled by a dynastic system.
- ^ "Turkmenistan's president expands his father's power". AP News. 22 January 2023.
- ^ "Like Father, Like Son: Why Turkmenistan's Power Transition Is In Reverse". Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. 2023.
- ^ "As Expected, Son Of Turkmen Leader Easily Wins Election In Familial Transfer Of Power". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty. Archived from the original on 22 March 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2022.