Öwezgeldi Ataýew

...Niyazov, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, became acting president, although under the constitution the Chairman of the People's Council, Ovezgeldy Atayev, should have succeeded to the post. However, Atayev was accused of crimes and removed from...

In this article: Turkmenistan, Islam, Natural gas, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, Caspian Sea, Central Asia, and Soviet Union

...became acting president following the death of Saparmurat Niyazov, and the imprisonment of his constitutionally appointed successor, Owezgeldi Atayew. Berdimuhamedow and the Halk Maslahaty announced on December 26 that the next presidential...

In this article: Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, Saparmurat Niyazov, God, Moscow, Kommersant, Democratic Party of Turkmenistan, and Avicenna

...became acting president, although under the constitution the Chairman of the People's Council, Owezgeldi Atayew, should have succeeded to the post. However, Atayew was accused of crimes and removed from office. In an election on...

In this article: Turkmenistan, Saparmurat Niyazov, Merv, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, Islam, Alexander the Great, Iran, and Central Asia

...by Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow in 2008, making the Assembly/Mejlis the unicameral (but apparently still "rubberstamp") parliament again. The current chairperson is Akja Nuberdiyeva from December 22, 2006. She succeeded Owezgeldi Atayew.

In this article: Turkmenistan and Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow

...in 1999. After the death of Niyazov, Deputy Prime Minister Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow took over, despite the fact that Owezgeldi Atayew, the Chairman of the Parliament of Turkmenistan, would be the next in line in the order of succession...

In this article: Turkmenistan, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, Democratic Party of Turkmenistan, Ruhnama, Politics of Turkmenistan, and Soviet Union

Owezgeldi Atayew (born in 1951; in Russian : Овезгелды Атаев Ovezgeldy Atayev) is the former Chairman of the Assembly of Turkmenistan. According to the Constitution of Turkmenistan, he was to become the acting president after the death of...

In this article: Suicide, Kommersant, Saparmurat Niyazov, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, and Turkmenistan

...prime minister under Niyazov, was unexpectedly named acting president on Niyazov's death. Under the constitution, Parliament Speaker Ovezgeldy Atayev was supposed to succeed the president as interim ruler. But within hours of Niyazov's...

In this article: Gurbanguli Berdymukhamedov, Saparmurat Niyazov, Turkmenistan, Avdy Kuliyev, Ovezgeldy Atayev, Natural gas, and Radicalism

...order dismissing Atayev for "committing a deed incompatible with the high position entrusted him." Turkmenistan's prosecutor general accused Atayev in a statement of harassing and humiliating his own daughter-in-law and driving her to...

In this article: Saparmurat Niyazov, Turkmenistan, Gurbanguli Berdymukhamedov, Ovezgeldy Atayev, Russia, Natural gas, and Avdy Kuliyev