1957 - Today
Gurbanguly Mälikgulyýewiç Berdimuhamedow (born 29 June 1957) is a Turkmen politician who is currently the chairman of the People's Council of Turkmenistan (Turkmen: Halk Maslahaty). He previously served as the 2nd President of Turkmenistan from 2006 to 2022, when he entered into a power-sharing arrangement with his son, Serdar, the current president.A dentist by profession, Berdimuhamedow served in the government of the president, Saparmyrat Niyazow, as the minister of health in 1997 and as the vice-president in 2001. He became acting president following Niyazow's death on 21 December 2006 and subsequently won the 2007 presidential election. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow has received more than 2,774,349 page views. His biography is available in 83 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 76 in 2019). Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow is the 1,596th most popular politician (up from 1,864th in 2019), the 4th most popular biography from Turkmenistan (up from 5th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Turkmen Politician.
Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow is the president of Turkmenistan. He was elected in 2007 and re-elected in 2012. He is most famous for his authoritarian rule and for his crackdown on dissent.
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Among politicians, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow ranks 1,596 out of 15,577. Before him are Bernhard von Bülow, Kim Yong-nam, Śuddhodana, Yoshihide Suga, Menelik II, and Damocles. After him are Emperor Renzong of Song, Prince Marko, Bimbisara, Almanzor, Otto of Greece, and Seti II.
1849 - 1929
HPI: 66.71
Rank: 1,590
1928 - Present
HPI: 66.70
Rank: 1,591
590 BC - Present
HPI: 66.69
Rank: 1,592
1948 - Present
HPI: 66.68
Rank: 1,593
1844 - 1913
HPI: 66.68
Rank: 1,594
HPI: 66.68
Rank: 1,595
1957 - Present
HPI: 66.68
Rank: 1,596
1010 - 1063
HPI: 66.68
Rank: 1,597
1335 - 1395
HPI: 66.67
Rank: 1,598
558 BC - 491 BC
HPI: 66.67
Rank: 1,599
930 - 1002
HPI: 66.67
Rank: 1,600
1815 - 1867
HPI: 66.67
Rank: 1,601
1300 BC - 1194 BC
HPI: 66.67
Rank: 1,602
Among people born in 1957, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow ranks 7. Before him are Osama bin Laden, Hamid Karzai, Hans Zimmer, Daniel Day-Lewis, Dolph Lundgren, and Michael Clarke Duncan. After him are Fumio Kishida, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, Frances McDormand, Caroline, Princess of Hanover, and Sid Vicious.
1957 - 2011
HPI: 77.69
Rank: 1
1957 - Present
HPI: 76.22
Rank: 2
1957 - Present
HPI: 70.74
Rank: 3
1957 - Present
HPI: 68.61
Rank: 4
1957 - Present
HPI: 68.38
Rank: 5
1957 - 2012
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 6
1957 - Present
HPI: 66.68
Rank: 7
1957 - Present
HPI: 65.66
Rank: 8
1957 - Present
HPI: 65.07
Rank: 9
1957 - Present
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 10
1957 - Present
HPI: 64.70
Rank: 11
1957 - Present
HPI: 64.39
Rank: 12
1957 - 1979
HPI: 64.36
Rank: 13
Among people born in Turkmenistan, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow ranks 4 out of 33. Before him are Saparmurat Niyazov (1940), Jalal ad-Din Mingburnu (1199), and Abu Muslim (718). After him are Al-Zamakhshari (1075), Abu al-Ghazi Bahadur (1603), Al-Nasa'i (829), Al-Muqanna (800), Yelena Bonner (1923), Mithridates II of Parthia (-150), Andronikos I of Trebizond (1101), and Habash al-Hasib al-Marwazi (770).
1940 - 2006
HPI: 72.45
Rank: 1
1199 - 1231
HPI: 71.84
Rank: 2
718 - 755
HPI: 69.42
Rank: 3
1957 - Present
HPI: 66.68
Rank: 4
1075 - 1144
HPI: 64.77
Rank: 5
1603 - 1664
HPI: 62.91
Rank: 6
829 - 915
HPI: 62.66
Rank: 7
800 - 783
HPI: 59.27
Rank: 8
1923 - 2011
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 9
150 BC - 88 BC
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 10
1101 - 1235
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 11
770 - 874
HPI: 54.05
Rank: 12
Among politicians born in Turkmenistan, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow ranks 3. Before him are Saparmurat Niyazov (1940) and Jalal ad-Din Mingburnu (1199). After him are Al-Muqanna (800), Mithridates II of Parthia (-150), Andronikos I of Trebizond (1101), Dmitri Shepilov (1905), Muhammetnazar Gapurow (1922), Raşit Meredow (1960), and Serdar Berdimuhamedow (1981).
1940 - 2006
HPI: 72.45
Rank: 1
1199 - 1231
HPI: 71.84
Rank: 2
1957 - Present
HPI: 66.68
Rank: 3
800 - 783
HPI: 59.27
Rank: 4
150 BC - 88 BC
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 5
1101 - 1235
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 6
1905 - 1995
HPI: 52.07
Rank: 7
1922 - 1999
HPI: 48.24
Rank: 8
1960 - Present
HPI: 46.23
Rank: 9
1981 - Present
HPI: 37.60
Rank: 10