Serdar Gurbangulyýewiç Berdimuhamedow is a Turkmen politician who is mayor of Bayramaly and president-elect of Turkmenistan. He has served as deputy chairman in the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan since 2021. He has previously served in several other government positions under what is widely considered to be the authoritarian regime of his father, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow. He successfully ran to succeed his father in the 2022 Turkmenistan presidential election, and is scheduled to assume office on 19 March.
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