President of Turkmenistan

**President of Turkmenistan** (Turkmen:Türkmenistanyň prezidenti) is the head of state, head of government and the chief executive of Turkmenistan

Serdar Berdimuhamedow is the current President of Turkmenistan, only the third in the history of the country since it gained independence with the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991.

The President is also the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of Turkmenistan and the Chairman of the country's Cabinet of Ministers.

## Term limits

The country passed reforms in 2016 eliminating term limits for the presidency and removing the age requirement of below 70, as well as extending the term from five to seven years.

## Requirements for presidents and removal from office

Requirements for candidates for President of Turkmenistan include the following:

- Must have been born in Turkmenistan
- Must be fluent in the Turkmen language
- Must be at least 40 years old
- Must have resided in Turkmenistan for the past 15 consecutive years
- Must be employed

## List of presidents

|width="2%"||width="20%"|Name <small>(birth and death)</small>|width="100px"|Portrait|Took office|Left office|Years and Days in office|Election|colspan=2|Political party||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan=2|Saparmurat Niyazov <small>(1940–2006)</small>|rowspan=2||rowspan=2|2 November 1990|rowspan=2|21 December 2006 <small>(Died in office)</small>|rowspan=2||style="text-align: center;"|1990|style="background:#D40000||Communist|
|style="text-align: center;"|1992|style="background:#009E60||Democratic|||||||||||
|rowspan="3"|Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow <small>(1957–)</small>|rowspan="3"||21 December 2006|14 February 2007||style="text-align: center;"|_|rowspan=2; style="background:#009E60||rowspan="2"|Democratic|||
|rowspan=2|14 February 2007|rowspan=2|19 March 2022|rowspan=2||style="text-align: center;"|2007 2012||||||||
|style="text-align: center;"|2017|style="background:#DDDDDD||Independent|||||||||||
|Serdar Berdimuhamedow <small>(1981–)</small>||19 March 2022|||style="text-align: center;"|2022|style="background:#009E60||Democratic||||||

## Other websites

- U.S. State Department profile of Turkmenistan

## Infobox (political post)

- **post**: President of Turkmenistan
Türkmenistanyň prezidenti
- **flag**: Flag of the President of Turkmenistan.svg
- **flagsize**: 125px
- **flagcaption**: Standard of the President of Turkmenistan
- **insignia**: Coat of Arms of Turkmenistan.svg
- **insigniasize**: 160px
- **insigniacaption**: Coat of Arms of Turkmenistan
- **image**: Сердар Бердымухамедов (10-06-2022).jpg
- **imagesize**: 200px
- **incumbent**: Serdar Berdimuhamedow
- **incumbentsince**: 19 March 2022
- **residence**: Oguzkhan Presidential Palace
- **seat**: Ashgabat
- **style**: His Excellency (international correspondence)
Mr. President (title), Mr. President (informally)
Distinguished Supreme Commander-in-Chief (military)
Arkadag (for President Berdimuhamedow only)
- **member of**: Cabinet of Ministers
State Security Council of Turkmenistan, State Security Council
- **deputy**: Vice President of Turkmenistan
- **succession**: List of Chairmen of the Assembly of Turkmenistan, Chairman of the Assembly of Turkmenistan
- **appointer**: Direct popular vote
- **termlength**: 7 years, renewable
- **formation**: 2 November 1990
 27 October 1991
- **inaugural**: Saparmurat Niyazov
- **salary**: 10,800 USD