Yaylym Yagmyrovich Berdiyev ( tk, Ýaýlym Ýagmyrowiç Berdiýew,
Cyrillic: Яйлым Ягмырович Бердиев) is a
Turkmen
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general and politician. He is a former
Minister of National Security as well as the former Secretary of the
State Security Council of Turkmenistan. He also previously served as the
Minister of Defense of Turkmenistan from 2015 to 2018.
Biography
He was born in the
Baharden District of the
Turkmen SSR
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. In 1994, he graduated from the
Turkmen Agricultural University Named after S.A. Niyazov
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, majoring in mechanical engineering. After graduation and active military service, he began his career in 1995 as a mechanic in
Serdar. In 2006, he became Chairman of the State Service for Registration of Foreign Citizens. The following year, he was appointed as the Head of the
State Migration Service and later the
State Customs Service of Turkmenistan. From 21 January 2009 to 29 March 2011, he served his first term as Minister of Defense. That same day, he was appointed Minister of National Security of Turkmenistan while retaining the post of Secretary of the
State Security Council of Turkmenistan, simultaneously awarded the rank of
Lieutenant General
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.
On 5 October 2015, he was relieved of his post as Minister of National Security and reappointed Minister of Defense. During the celebrations on the occasion of
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on 9 October 2015, a decree was signed to confer on him the rank of
colonel general
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. On 22 January 2020, a severe reprimand was announced "for improper performance of duties, work shortcomings", resulting in his demotion from colonel general to
major general
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and relieved of the post of Secretary of the State Security Council.
On 12 February 2020, he was relieved of his post in the MNB and was transferred to another job.
Awards

* Medal "Edermenlik" (2009)
* Medal "For impeccable service to the Fatherland" (2010)
* Medal "For the love of the Fatherland" (2014)
* Jubilee Medal "19 years of Independence of Turkmenistan" (2010)
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Jubilee Medal "20 years of Independence of Turkmenistan"
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(2011)
See also
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Government of Turkmenistan
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Ministry of Defense of Turkmenistan
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References
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1972 births
Living people
Ministers for National Security of Turkmenistan
Ministers of Defence of Turkmenistan
Turkmenistani generals