Kasymguly Gulmuradovich Babaev (; born 12 September 1966) is a

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economist and politician. From August 2013 to April 2018 he was the Chairman of the

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Life

Babaev was born in the village of

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, located a few kilometers from the capital

Ashgabat Ashgabat or Asgabat ( tk, Aşgabat, ; fa, عشق‌آباد, translit='Ešqābād, formerly named Poltoratsk ( rus, Полтора́цк, p=pəltɐˈratsk) between 1919 and 1927), is the capital and the largest city of Turkmenistan. It lies ...

, in the former

Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic The Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic (, ; russian: Туркменская Советская Социалистическая Республика, ''Turkmenskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika''), also commonly known as Turkmenistan o ...

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...

. He studied at the Turkmen State Institute of Economics and Management from 1983 to 1989, graduating with a degree in economics. He also served in the military from 1984 to 1986. From 1989 to 1991, Babaev worked in the Turkmen branch of the Labor Research Institute under the

State Committee for Labour and Social Issues Goskomtrud (russian: Госкомтруд) was the State Committee for Labour and Social Issues in the Soviet Union. It dealt with labour relations and wage issues. A 1991 western (American) review of the institution claimed over-emphasis on wage po ...

. He later lectured in the Department of Management and International Economic Relations in the Turkmen State Institute of Economics and Management from 1991 to 1993, and in the Department of World Economy and International Economic Relations from 1993 to 1996. In September 1991 he was appointed Deputy Dean of the Institute's Department of Commerce and Technology, and in September 1992 he was appointed Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Trade and International Economic Relations. He attended graduate school from 1993 to 1995. From 1996 to 2002 Babaev was a lecturer in the Department of World Economy and International Economic Relations at Magtymguly Turkmen State University, and from 2002 to 2007 he was a senior lecturer in the Department of World Experience Studies. At the same time, he was the Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Law and International Relations of the University starting in January 2000 and served as the Dean of the Faculty of Law and International Relations from September 2000 to February 2007. As of 2019, Babaev is married and has four children.

Political career

Babaev was elected to the Mejlis of Turkmenistan in

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

. From 2007 to 2012, Babaev served as Deputy Speaker of the Mejlis. Since June 2008, he has been the First Deputy Chairman of the National Revival Movement of Turkmenistan and the First Secretary of the Political Council of the

Awards

* Medal "For the Love of the Fatherland" (2010) * Jubilee Medal "20 years of Independence of Turkmenistan" (2011) * Medal "Magtymguly Pyragy" (2014) * Jubilee Medal "25 years of Neutrality of Turkmenistan" (2015) * Jubilee Medal "25 years of Independence of Turkmenistan" (2016)

References

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