The victory of 40-year-old Serdar Berdymukhamedov was once extensively anticipated after his father increased him to the No. 2 place within the nation as a deputy high minister, obviously indicating that he was once the designated successor.
There aren’t any robust political opposition teams within the gas-rich wilderness country of 6 million which borders Iran and Afghanistan within the south.
8 different applicants ran within the election, a few of them in large part unknown low-level public servants. Below the Turkmen charter, the president is elected for a seven-year time period.
Serdar Berdymukhamedov is often referred to by way of native media as “the son of the country,” whilst his 64-year-old father — who intends to stick on because the speaker of the higher area — is referred to as Arkadag, or Protector.
