Raşit Meredow

Raşit Öwezgeldiýewiç Meredow (Turkmen pronunciation: [ɾɑʃɪt œβɛðɡɛldɪjɛβɪtʃ mɛɾɛ'doβ]) (Cyrillic: Рашит Өвезгелдиевич Мередов; born 1960) is a Turkmen politician and diplomat who has served in the Government of Turkmenistan as Minister of Foreign Affairs since 2001,[2] as well as a Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan, analogous to a Vice-President, since 2007.[3]

Raşit Meredow
First Vice President of Turkmenistan
Assumed office
17 February 2007
PresidentGurbanguly Berdimuhamedow
Preceded byGurbanguly Berdimuhamedow
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Assumed office
7 July 2001
PresidentSaparmurat Niyazov
Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow
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

1960 (age 60–61)[1]
Ashgabat, Turkmen SSR, Soviet Union (now Turkmenistan)
NationalityTurkmen
Political partyDemocratic
ChildrenKerim Meredov
Alma materMoscow State University

Born in a lawyer's family, Meredow studied at Moscow State University in the faculty of law. He made a diplomatic career in the independent Turkmenistan. In 2007, shortly after President Saparmurat Niyazov's death, he was appointed as Deputy Prime Minister responsible for the police and army.

Biography

Raşit Meredow was born in Ashgabat on 29 May 1960. His father Öwezgeldi was a Turkmen scientist and lawyer. His mother is on the other an ethnic Azerbaijani.[4] Meredow's relatives on his mother’s side live in the city of Mary, where she herself spent her childhood before moving to Ashgabat.[5] Meredow’s sister and close relatives live in Mary, with his sister teaching at a local high school.

In 1977, he entered the Moscow State University department of law. In 1982, he began as a teacher in the department of civil law and civil process of the Turkmen State University. In 1984-1987, he studied as a post-graduate student at the Moscow State University. He holds a master's degree in law. In 1987-1990, he was lecturer, senior teacher in the department of civil law and civil process of the Turkmen State University. In 1990-1991, he was chief consultant, head of sector, head of department in the Ministry of Justice of Turkmenistan. Starting in 1991, he worked as head of law enforcing agencies department of the council for coordination of law enforcing agencies under the President of Turkmenistan. Starting in March 1993, he worked as head of the law department in the office of the President of Turkmenistan. Starting in December 1994, he was chairman of the law committee of the Mejlis of Turkmenistan. Starting in 1996, he was deputy director of the Turkmen National Institute of Democracy and Human Rights under the President of Turkmenistan.

In May 1999, he was appointed as First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs. In December 1999, he was appointed First Deputy Chairman of the Mejlis of Turkmenistan. In May 2001, he was elected as Chairman of the Mejlis of Turkmenistan.[1] In July 2001, he was appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. Starting in August 2001, he simultaneously performed duties of director of the Turkmen National Institute of Democracy and Human Rights under the President of Turkmenistan. From 2003 to 2005, he worked as Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan. He was awarded "For the love of Fatherland" and "Gayrat" medals and "Galkynysh" order.[6]

He speaks fluent Russian and English outside his native Turkmen language.

See also

References
  1. https://books.google.com/books?id=Q3KTqLaFkO8C
  2. "Хроника Туркменистана :: New government of Turkmenistan". June 22, 2007. Archived from the original on June 22, 2007.
  3. "Turkmen foreign minister in Sofia for OSCE summit", Turkmenistan.ru, 6 December 2004, accessed via nl.newsbank.com, retrieved 2011-07-23
  4. "eczema rash child allergy red at tm-iskra.org". Archived from the original on 2008-10-07. Retrieved 2008-08-10.
  5. "Мередов, Рашид". lenta.ru. Retrieved 2019-08-18.
  6. "Лента событий | Интернет-газета Turkmenistan.Ru". www.turkmenistan.ru. Retrieved 2019-08-23.
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