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Gurbanguly Mälikgulyýewiç Berdimuhamedow (born June 29, 1957) is a Turkmen politician who has served as the President of Turkmenistan since 2006. Berdimuhamedow, a dentist by profession, served in the government under President Saparmurat Niyazov as Minister of Health beginning in 1997 and as Deputy Prime Minister beginning in 2001. He became Acting President following Niyazov's death on 21 December 2006 and subsequently won the February 2007 presidential election.〔 〕 He faced no meaningful opposition in the vote and won by an overwhelming margin. In the February 2012 presidential election, he was re-elected with 97% of the vote.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Turkmen president sworn in for second term )〕 He uses the honorable title Arkadag, meaning "protector". ==Early years and private life== Berdimuhamedov was born on 29 June 1957 in Babarab in what is now the Geok Tepe ''etrap'' ("district") of Ahal province. He graduated from the Turkmen State Medical Institute in 1979 and entered a career in dentistry. He also received a PhD in medical sciences in Moscow.〔 By 1992 he had become part of the dentistry faculty at the Medical Institute. In an interview when asked about his life experience Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov said: It is too early for me to write a detailed biography. My biography is in many respects typical of people of my generation.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Turkmenistan Magazine )〕 On influencing factors to his character: My parents always managed to maintain the hospitable atmosphere in the family. They were happy at an opportunity to communicate openly with people - friends and relatives. They always took active part in the resolving of other people's problems and difficulties...''(more)''...this necessity in empathy my parents had instilled in me in the childhood influenced, to the considerable extent, my choice to devote my life to medicine...''(more)''...readiness to help a neighbor is peculiar to the society as a whole, it may characterize the strength and moral health of the nation. The Turkmen literature has many splendid authors who gave the world their immortal works that express the profound Turkmen people's wisdom in a concentrated form. I admire Magtymguly, Andalib, Azadi, Kemine... Due to my medical education I read a lot the works of Ibn Sina (Avicenna), a great scholar of the medieval times, with great interest. The expanse of his interests and the depth of the scientist's judgments struck me. Ibn Sina was a great man not only as a doctor but as a philosopher and thinker as well.〔 In 1995, during the rule of Saparmurat Niyazov, Berdimuhamedov became head of the dentistry center of the Ministry of Health and Medical Industry. He was appointed to the government as Minister of Health in 1997, and he was additionally appointed as Deputy Prime Minister in 2001.〔("Turkmenistan: Change Of Leadership Presents Many Dangers" ), Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberties, December 22, 2006.〕〔(Press-Uz.info ), December 22, 2006 (in Russian).〕 In April 2004, Niyazov suspended Berdimuhamedov's salary for three months because healthcare workers were also not being paid.〔 The Health Ministry was responsible for carrying out Niyazov's notorious order to close all hospitals outside of the capital city and major regional towns in 2005.〔("Turkmenistan: President announces large-scale closure of hospitals" ), Amnesty International, March 24, 2005.〕 According to a cable from the U.S. embassy in Ashgabat, Berdymukhamedov is married with two daughters and a son, but his wife lives in London. He has another daughter with his long-term Russian mistress.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Cable Viewer )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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