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Geldymukhammed Ashirmukhammedov () is a Turkmen general who served in the military, police and security forces of
Turkmenistan Turkmenistan is a landlocked country in Central Asia bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the south and southwest and the Caspian Sea to the west. Ash ...
.


Early life and career

He was born in 1957 in the
Balkan Region Balkan Region () is the westernmost of the five regions of Turkmenistan. Clockwise from north it borders Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan (north); two provinces of Turkmenistan (east), Iran (south), and the Caspian Sea (west). The capital city is Balkana ...
of the
Turkmen SSR The Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic, also known as Soviet Turkmenistan, the Turkmen SSR, TuSSR, Turkmenistan, or Turkmenia, was one of the Republics of the Soviet Union, constituent republics of the Soviet Union located in Soviet Central Asia, ...
. He graduated from Turkmen State University in 1979 with a degree in physics. From 1979 to 1982, he taught physics in the No.2 secondary school in the town of Cheleken (now Hazar). From 1982 to 1992 he occupied various positions within the Soviet
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and the KGB of the Turkmen SSR. He graduated from the higher KGB courses first in
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in 1983 and later in
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in 1985.


Turkmen government

In 1992 he was transferred to the Office of the
President of Turkmenistan The president of Turkmenistan (), officially the president and chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan, is the head of state and head of government of Turkmenistan. The president is also the supreme commander in chief of the Armed ...
. In the five years that followed, he served in various positions as an officer of the Presidential Security Service. In 1997, he was appointed to the post of Commander of the
Turkmen Ground Forces The Turkmen Ground Forces () is the army branch of the Armed Forces of Turkmenistan. The ground forces include the 2nd Training Motor Rifle Division "Alp Arslan", 2nd, 3rd, 11th Motor Rifle Division "Sultan Sanjar", 11th, and 22nd Motor Rifle Div ...
, a position he would serve in until 2002. He was appointed deputy chairman of the Turkmen KNB in 2002.


Interior minister

On 13 August 2004, Ashirmukhammedov, who was also at the time the First Deputy Interior Minister, was appointed by President
Saparmurat Niyazov Saparmurat Atayevich Niyazov (19 February 1940 – 21 December 2006) was a Turkmenistani politician who led Turkmenistan from 1985 until his death in 2006. He was the Secretary (title), first secretary of the Communist Party of Turkmenist ...
as the new interior minister of Turkmenistan. He was concurrently made the rector of the Turkmen Police Academy. He served until 9 December, when he became Chairman of the KNB. In June 2006, he was among several officials who claimed to have foiled an opposition plot aimed at destabilizing the country, with Ashirmukhammedov accusing foreign nationals and diplomats of being involved. He accused one member of being trained in "methods used during
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's
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", and also named representatives of the French embassy and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) as co-conspirators. He also took part in the investigation of former Deputy Prime Minister Yolli Gurbanmuradov, telling President Niyazov and the cabinet of ministers that he "received Internet information from representatives of foreign intelligence services about selling Turkmen oil at reduced prices".


Later life

On 8 October 2007, he was dismissed for health reasons. His further fate is unknown. He holds the rank of
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. He was awarded the “Edermenlik” and “For the great love for Fatherland” medals.


See also

* Begench Beknazarov * Boris Shikhmuradov * Batyr Berdiýew


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ashirmukhammedov, Geldymukhammed Living people Ministers for national security of Turkmenistan Turkmenistan generals 1957 births People from Balkan Region Turkmen State University alumni Interior ministers of Turkmenistan