Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow

Turkmen politician, 2nd and current President of Turkmenistan

Date of Birth: 29-Jun-1957

Place of Birth: Babarap, Ahal Region, Turkmenistan

Profession: dentist, politician

Nationality: Turkmenistan

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Gurbanguly Mälikgulyýewiç Berdimuhamedow (born 29 June 1957) is a Turkmen politician who is serving as the President of Turkmenistan since February 2007.
Berdimuhamedow, a dentist by profession, served in the government under President Saparmurat Niyazov as Minister of Health beginning in 1997 and as Vice-President beginning in 2001.
He became Acting President following Niyazov's death on 21 December 2006 and subsequently won the February 2007 presidential election.
He faced no meaningful opposition in the vote and won by an overwhelming margin (89.23%).
In the February 2012 presidential election, he was re-elected with 97% of the vote.
In the February 2017 presidential election, he was re-elected to a third term with 97.69% of the votes.As with his predecessor, a personality cult is promoted around Berdimuhamedow.
According to Human Rights Watch, Berdimuhamedow, his relatives, and his associates possess unlimited power and exercise total control over all aspects of public life.
He uses the honorific title Arkadag, meaning "protector" in the Turkmen language.