Turkmenistan leader taps father to lead council

By Associated Press

Jan 24, 2023 12:14 am

ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan: Turkmenistan's leader has appointed his father to head their country's newly formed supreme representative body, further expanding the older man's clout in the gas-rich Central Asian nation.

President Serdar Berdymukhamedov, 41, named his father, former president Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, as chairman of Halk Maslahaty, or People's Council, on Saturday night. State television showed 2,000 members of the council greeting the presidential order with a standing ovation.

POWERFUL PAPA Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, chairman of Turkmenistan’s People’s Council, smiles during his meeting with Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin (not pictured) in the capital Ashgabat on Jan. 20, 2023. AP PHOTO

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