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Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow

1957 - Today

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Gurbanguly Mälikgulyýewiç Berdimuhamedow (born 29 June 1957) is a Turkmen politician and former dentist who is currently the chairman of the People's Council of Turkmenistan. He previously served as the second president of Turkmenistan from 2006 to 2022, when he entered into a power-sharing arrangement with his son, Serdar, the current president. A former dentist, Berdimuhamedow served in the government of the president, Saparmurat Niyazov, as the minister of health in 1997 and as the third vice president in 2001. He became acting president following Niyazow's death on 21 December 2006 and subsequently won the 2007 presidential election. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow is the 1,760th most popular politician (down from 1,700th in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Turkmenistan and the 3rd most popular Turkmen Politician.

Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow is the president of Turkmenistan. He was elected in 2007 and re-elected in 2012. He is most famous for his authoritarian rule and for his crackdown on dissent.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow ranks 1,760 out of 19,576. Before him are Inge I of Norway, Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Hiero II of Syracuse, An Lushan, Giorgia Meloni, and Isaac I Komnenos. After him are Choi Kyu-hah, Porfirio Díaz, Catherine Cornaro, Haakon III of Norway, Hedwig of Silesia, and Zhao Ziyang.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow ranks 12. Before him are Donald Tusk, Jaggi Vasudev, Luis Antonio Tagle, Daniel Day-Lewis, Dolph Lundgren, and Michael Clarke Duncan. After him are Shavkat Mirziyoyev, Caroline, Princess of Hanover, Christopher Lambert, Adrian Smith, Sid Vicious, and Aki Kaurismäki.

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In Turkmenistan

Among people born in Turkmenistan, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow ranks 5 out of 50. Before him are Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi (780), Saparmurat Niyazov (1940), Jalal ad-Din Mingburnu (1199), and Abu Muslim (718). After him are Al-Nasa'i (829), Ibn Khordadbeh (820), Abu al-Ghazi Bahadur (1603), Chaghri Beg (989), Al-Zamakhshari (1075), Al-Muqanna (800), and Yelena Bonner (1923).

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Among POLITICIANS In Turkmenistan

Among politicians born in Turkmenistan, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow ranks 3. Before him are Saparmurat Niyazov (1940), and Jalal ad-Din Mingburnu (1199). After him are Chaghri Beg (989), Al-Muqanna (800), Jaʻfar ibn Yahya (767), Mithridates II of Parthia (-150), Safdar Jang (1708), Andronikos I of Trebizond (1101), Serdar Berdimuhamedow (1981), Yahya ibn Khalid (701), and Dmitri Shepilov (1905).

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