Muhammetguly Ogshukov (also, Muhammet Ogshukov) is a lawyer and former
Prosecutor General of Turkmenistan.
Early life
Ogshukov was born in 1959.
He graduated from
Turkmen State University
Turkmen State University named for Magtymguly ( tk, Magtymguly adyndaky Türkmen döwlet uniwersiteti) is one of the leading universities in Turkmenistan, located in the capital city Ashgabat. It is named after Magtymguly Pyragy, a Turkmen poet. ...
in 1986.
Career
As an Assistant Prosecutor General, Ogshukov is said to have played an important role in ensuring a smooth succession of power from
Niyazov
Saparmurat Atayevich Niyazov; tk, Saparmyrat Ataýewiç Nyýazow, in Cyrillic: Сапармырат Атаевич Ныязов (19 February 1940 – 21 December 2006), also known as Turkmenbashi, was a Turkmen politician who rule ...
to
Berdimuhamedow by implicating potential rivals in trumped up charges.
On 10 April 2006, he was appointed as the Prosecutor General, replacing
Gurbanbibi Atajanov who had resigned of ill-health.
After a tenure of about two years—marked with active participation in ceremonial purges of political authority—, he was fired on 3 March 2008 for failing to discharge his duties.
, incumbent Chairman of Supreme Court, was roped in as his replacement.
Nothing much is known about his current life.
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Prosecutors general of Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan lawyers
1959 births
Living people