Five more years for president
Turkmenistan’s President Gurbanguli Berdymukhamedov has won a new five-year term by capturing 97 per cent of the vote.
Mr Berdymukhamedov improved on his 2007 performance, in which he secured his first term in the Central Asian nation with 89 per cent of the vote.
All of his seven opponents praised his leadership in their campaigns, making the authoritarian leader’s victory in this weekend’s election a mere formality.
Central Election Commission chief Orazmyrat Niyazliyev called the vote democratic and said it contributed to national unity.
Mr Berdymukhamedov, a 54-year-old dentist, came to power in 2006.
Email to a friend
Print this page- Family mourn death of Glasgow ‘fight’ schoolboy
- Rangers takeover: Duff & Phelps threaten legal action against BBC
- Today’s youth not fit to be employed, says car firm Arnold Clark
- Rangers administration: Fans fear Duff & Phelps claims could scare off Green
- Rangers takeover: triple penalty punishment enough, says Johnston
- Alistair Darling leads ‘No to independence’ fight over tea and biscuits
- Scottish independence: SNP flip-flops over Nato
- Scottish Independence: SNP ‘won’t be Yes campaign’s only voice’
- Scottish independence: Alex Salmond’s pledge to sign up 1m voters
- Today’s youth not fit to be employed, says car firm Arnold Clark
Looking for...
Featured advertisers
Jobs
Search for a job
Motors
Search for a car
Property
Search for a house
Weather for Edinburgh
Sunday 27 May 2012
Today
Sunny
Temperature: 10 C to 22 C
Wind Speed: 12 mph
Wind direction: North east
Tomorrow
Sunny
Temperature: 9 C to 21 C
Wind Speed: 12 mph
Wind direction: North east
