President of Turkmenistan
position
The president of Turkmenistan (Turkmen: Türkmenistanyň prezidenti) is the head of state and head of government of Turkmenistan. The president is also the chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan, the supreme commander in chief of the Armed Forces of Turkmenistan and the chairman of the State Security Council.
Serdar Berdimuhamedow is the current president of Turkmenistan, the third in the history of the country since it gained independence with the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. He succeeded his father, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow when the latter stepped down in 2022 after a reign of 15 years, the first president to do so. In the 2022 election, Berdimuhamedow received 72.97% of the country's popular vote against nine other candidates. International observers have criticized the honesty of this election. The country passed reforms in 2016 eliminating term limits for the presidency and removing the previous age requirement of below 70, as well as extending the term from five to seven years.
Requirements for presidents, removal from office, and succession
Requirements for candidates for president of Turkmenistan include the following:
Must have been born in Turkmenistan
Must be fluent in Turkmen
Must be at least 40 years old
Must have resided in Turkmenistan for the past 15 consecutive years
Must be employed
The powers of the president of Turkmenistan may be terminated in accordance with article 57 of the Turkmen constitution in the event of:
Inability to perform their duties due to illness
Violation of the constitution and public laws
A vote of no confidence in the president
Should the president be removed from office as well as in the event of death or resignation, the chairman of the Assembly is legally appointed as acting president, with elections being held no later than 60 days after the fact. This has never taken place; in 2006, when Turkmenistan's only presidential vacancy occurred due to Nyýazow's death in office, the State Security Council of Turkmenistan transferred the right to act as President to the first deputy chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers on an ad-hoc basis. The requirement that an acting president does not have the right to run for president was also dropped.
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