Raşit Meredow

Raşit Öwezgeldiýewiç Meredow (Cyrillic: Рашит Өвезгелдиевич Мередов; born 1959) is a Turkmen politician. He is the Minister of Foreign Affairs since 2001, as well as a Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan. He is also the First Vice President of Turkmenistan since 2007 working for the Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow administration.[1]

Raşit Meredow
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First Vice President of Turkmenistan
Assumed office
17 February 2007
PresidentGurbanguly Berdimuhamedow
Serdar Berdimuhamedow
Preceded byGurbanguly Berdimuhamedow
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Assumed office
July 2001
Preceded byBatyr Berdiýew
Chairman of the Assembly of Turkmenistan
In office
7 May 2001 – 7 July 2001
Preceded bySakhat Muradow
Succeeded byRedzhepbay Arayow
Personal details
Born
Raşit Öwezgeldiýewiç Meredow

1959 (age 64–65)
Ashgabat, Turkmen SSR, Soviet Union
NationalityTurkmen
Political partyDemocratic Party of Turkmenistan
ChildrenKerim Meredov
Alma materMoscow State University

References

  1. "Turkmen foreign minister in Sofia for OSCE summit", Turkmenistan.ru, 6 December 2004, accessed via nl.newsbank.com, retrieved 2011-07-23