President of Turkmenistan

President of Turkmenistan
Türkmenistanyň prezidenti
Emblem of Turkmenistan
Standard of the president of Turkmenistan
Incumbent Serdar Berdimuhamedow since 19 March 2022
Style	Mr President (informal) Distinguished President of Turkmenistan (formal) His Excellency[1] (diplomatic)
Type	Head of state Head of government
Member of	Cabinet of Ministers State Security Council CIS Council of Heads of State
Residence	Oguzkhan Presidential Palace
Seat	Ashgabat
Appointer	Direct popular vote
Term length	7 years, renewable
Formation	2 November 1990 (Turkmen SSR) 27 October 1991 (Turkmenistan)
First holder	Saparmyrat Nyýazow
Succession	Chairman of the Assembly of Turkmenistan
Deputy	Vice President of Turkmenistan
Salary	442,800 Turkmenistani manat/10,800 USD annually[2]

The president of Turkmenistan (Turkmen: Türkmenistanyň prezidenti), 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 Forces of Turkmenistan and heads the State Security Council.

Serdar Berdimuhamedow is the current president of Turkmenistan, the third in the history of the country since it gained independence with the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. He succeeded his father, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow when the latter stepped down in 2022 after a reign of 15 years, the first president to do so. In the 2022 election, Berdimuhamedow received 72.97% of the country's popular vote against nine other candidates.^[3] The country passed reforms in 2016 eliminating term limits for the presidency and removing the previous age requirement of below 70, as well as extending the term from five to seven years.^[4]