The son of dictator Berdimuhamedov became the new president of Turkmenistan –

Serdar Berdimuhamedov has held many important positions in recent years and is currently Deputy Prime Minister. It is the most important post after the president because the country has no prime minister. The new president will be sworn in on Saturday.

personality cult

The current president, who has been in power since 2007, is known to have built a huge cult around him. He has a gold statue in Ashgabat, and a video was reportedly made of him falling off his horse during a race in 2013. In 2018, he released a self-written rap song with his granddaughter.

He also filled Ashgabat with huge marble buildings such as the world’s largest closed wheel and several grand palaces. President Berdimuhamedov gave Ashgabat several entries in the Guinness Book of Records. The city has the world’s tallest freestanding flagpole and the world’s tallest star-shaped building.

Last month, Berdimuhamedov announced his resignation because he wanted to make way for “a new generation”. He will not disappear completely from the government of the country as he will remain head of parliament.

In recent years there have been regular rumors about the health of the elder Berdimuhamedov. It was even speculated that he died in 2019 after not being seen in public for weeks. But then state television showed Berdimuhamedov’s images of bowling, riding and shooting.

Source: NOS

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