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Turkmenistan’s despot finds a worthy successor: his son - "A horse-obsessed personality cult becomes a dynasty"

A horse-obsessed personality cult becomes a dynasty | Asia

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A horse-obsessed personality cult becomes a dynasty | Asia

Highlights

  • Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, Turkmenistan’s president, is still a spring chicken by the standards of his contemporaries.
  • Islam Karimov ruled Uzbekistan until his death at 78 in 2016.
  • Nursultan Nazarbayev, the former president of Kazakhstan, was the same age before he made way, in 2019, for a younger leader.
  • A snap election will be held on March 12th.
  • The stage has been set for Central Asia’s first hereditary succession since the era of the Khans.
  • The idea may be to allow Serdar time to consolidate power while his father is still around to protect him.