President Berdymukhamedov is known for his ostentatious media appearances as a Rambo-like commander-in-chief, a DJ and a racing car driver. Turkmenistan's president performs in rap video with his grandson … Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow is the current president of Turkmenistan, only the second in the history of the country since it gained independence with the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. Turkmenistan's president DJing at the 2020 New Year's party - … Gurbanguly Mälikgulyýewiç Berdimuhamedow (born 29 June 1957) is a Turkmen politician who has been serving as the President of Turkmenistan since February 2007. He succeeded Turkmenistan's first president for life, Saparmurat Niyazov, when Niyazov died in 2006 after a reign of 15 years. Turkmenistan's president performs in rap video with his grandson …

Berdimuhamedow, a dentist by profession, served in the government under President Saparmurat Niyazov as Minister of Health beginning in 1997 and as Vice-President beginning in 2001.

For the President of Turkmenistan, Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov it’s been a busy year.

Aside from running Central Asia’s own hermit kingdom, which according to the Human Rights Watch, “remains one of the world’s most repressive countries”, he manages to find the time for some rather unconventional hobbies. Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov demonstrates his equestrian skills in Ashkhabad, Turkmenistan, on April 27, 2013.