Portrait of Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow
Other · Leader · Active today

Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow

Chairman of the People’s Council of Turkmenistan, 2022 to present (President 2006 to 2022)

See how Turkmenistan compares →

A former dentist who ruled Turkmenistan for 16 years with a personality cult before handing the presidency to his son, and who still holds power as head of the People’s Council.

Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow sits in the left-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: strongly state-led and strongly authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly authoritarian on liberty and authority, strongly state-led on economy and strongly traditional on culture. The profile is close to the middle on war and peace.

Read more about Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow on Wikipedia →

Where Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow sits on ten dimensions

Each scale runs from one pole to the other, and the dot shows the overall tendency of this person's record and public life. These are simplified estimates and open to debate.

💰EconomyStrongly state-led
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityStrongly authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureStrongly traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentLeaning growth-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologySlightly tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceCentered on war and peace
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsLeaning institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionSlightly religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismLeaning non-interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

People most like Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow

Serdar Berdimuhamedow President of Turkmenistan, 2022 to present99%Thongloun Sisoulith President of Laos, 2021 to present (General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party)96%Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo President of Equatorial Guinea, 1979 to present96%Emomali Rahmon President of Tajikistan, 1994 to present95%Denis Sassou Nguesso President of the Republic of the Congo, 1979 to 1992 and 1997 to present95%Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Emir of Kuwait, 2023 to present95%Mamady Doumbouya President of Guinea, 2021 to present94%Paul Biya President of Cameroon, 1982 to present94%

People furthest from Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow

Emma Goldman Russian-born anarchist and writer, 1869 to 19406%Murray Bookchin American social theorist, 1921 to 20067%Mikhail Bakunin Russian revolutionary and anarchist, 1814 to 18768%Ayn Rand Russian-American novelist and philosopher, 1905 to 19829%

Political views closest to Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow

CorporatismOrganizes society into industry and professional bodies that bargain with the state, an…92%Confucian meritocracyPrefers rule by educated, moral officials chosen by merit over competitive elections.87%State capitalismUses a strong state to steer a market economy toward rapid growth, often limiting…86%MonarchismSupports a hereditary monarch as head of state, from ceremonial constitutional monarchy…85%

Read more about Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow

These links open book searches on Amazon. If you buy through them, Caucus earns a small commission at no extra cost to you. They have no influence on where anyone is placed on the map.

Biographies of Gurbanguly BerdimuhamedowBooks on corporatism

As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Percentages show how close two profiles are across all ten dimensions. Including a person here is for study and comparison, not approval. Portrait: Пресс-служба Президента Республики Татарстан, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.