Shahym Abdrahamov () is a Turkmen political figure and petroleum geologist. Abdrahmanov was born in 1963 in Ýagtyýol, Garagum district, of

Mary province Mary Region () is one of five regions of Turkmenistan, provinces in Turkmenistan. It is located in the south-east of the country, bordering Afghanistan. Its capital is the city of Mary, Turkmenistan, Mary. Its area is and population 1,613,386 (2 ...

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 ...

. He graduated in 1986 from the Turkmen State Politechnical Institute, majoring in

mining engineering Mining engineering is the extraction of minerals from the ground. It is associated with many other disciplines, such as mineral processing, exploration, excavation, geology, metallurgy, geotechnical engineering and surveying. A mining engineer m ...

and geology. Abdrahmanov first worked as a geologist for the Türkmengeologiýa State Corporation. From 2005 to 2005 he was employed as chief geologist of the Ýaşyldepe oil and gas extraction directorate of the

Türkmennebit Türkmennebit (alternatively spelled Turkmennebit), also known by the translation of the name as Turkmenoil (in English) or Turkmenneft (in Russian; ), is the national oil company of Turkmenistan. It was established by a presidential decree reorg ...

State Concern, and from 2006 to 2014 he headed the Lebapnebitgazgözleg directorate of Türkmengeologiýa. From 2014 to 2017 Abdrahmanov headed the Marynebitgazgözleg directorate of Türkmengeologiýa, and from 2017 to 2020 he was chairman of the Türkmengeologiýa State Corporation. In July 2020 Abdrahmanov was appointed rector of the

International Oil and Gas University Yagshygeldi Kakayev International Oil and Gas University () is a university located in Ashgabat, the main university of the Turkmenistan oil and gas community. It was founded on May 25, 2012 as the Turkmen State Institute of Oil and Gas. On Augus ...

Ashgabat Ashgabat (Turkmen language, Turkmen: ''Aşgabat'') is the capital city, capital and largest city of Turkmenistan. It lies between the Karakum Desert and the Kopet Dag, Kopetdag mountain range in Central Asia, approximately 50 km (30 ...

. On 11 February 2021, Abdrahmanov was appointed

deputy prime minister A deputy prime minister or vice prime minister is, in some countries, a Minister (government), government minister who can take the position of acting prime minister when the prime minister is temporarily absent. The position is often likened to th ...

of Turkmenistan for oil and gas. He was removed from that position "in connection with reassignment to other work" on 10 February 2023.

Awards

* «Türkmenistanyň Bitaraplygynyň 25 ýyllygyna» (25 Years of Turkmenistan's Neutrality)

Reprimands

* 5 November 2021 - reprimand for "inappropriate discharge of responsibilities, weakening of control of activities of the sector". * 8 April 2022 - stern reprimand for "inadequacies in the sector's work in the first quarter of the current year" * 13 January 2023 - stern reprimand "with final warning to correct in short order inadequacies committed" for "inappropriate discharge of responsibilities, serious inadequacies committed in the work".

References

1963 births Living people Turkmenistan political people Turkmenistan scientists Petroleum geologists People from Mary Region {{Turkmenistan-bio-stub