Elections in Turkmenistan

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Politics of Turkmenistan
Constitution People's Council Chairperson: Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow President Serdar Berdimuhamedow Cabinet Assembly Speaker: Dünýägözel Gulmanowa State Security Council Political parties Agrarian Party Democratic Party Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs Recent elections Presidential: 2012 2017 2022 Parliamentary: 2018 2021 2023 Administrative divisions Region Districts Cities Foreign relations Visa policy Human rights Ruhnama
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Turkmenistan elects on national level a head of state — the president — and a legislature. The elections in Turkmenistan since its split from the Soviet Union have been widely criticized for being neither free nor fair and attempting to give an appearance of legitimacy to what is in reality a dictatorship.^[1] Parties in Turkmenistan are the Democratic Party of Turkmenistan and the Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs. The president has a seven-year term, while the legislature has a five-year term.^[2]