That dude was responsible for so much fucked up shit, not the least of which is “all cars in the capital must be white” and “all buildings in the capital must be made of marble.”
Dude put DPRK to shame. Fascinating rabbithole, terrifying guy.
He is still de facto leader of Turkmenistan. Classic dictator who got over 99% of the “votes” in some elections.
Berdimuhamedow stepped down as president on 19 March 2022, being succeeded by his son, Serdar, who won a snap election deemed as neither free nor fair,[26] making Turkmenistan the first Central Asian country to be ruled by a dynastic system in modern times. The People’s Council was subsequently re-formed as the country’s top leadership body in January 2023, with Serdar then reappointing his father as its chairman and granting him the title “National Leader of the Turkmen People”.[1]
That dude was responsible for so much fucked up shit, not the least of which is “all cars in the capital must be white” and “all buildings in the capital must be made of marble.”
Dude put DPRK to shame. Fascinating rabbithole, terrifying guy.
He is still de facto leader of Turkmenistan. Classic dictator who got over 99% of the “votes” in some elections.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gurbanguly_Berdimuhamedow
Bad people can have good fashion. I don’t know much about the guy but it sounds like it is a good thing he has former in his title now lol
Yeah, except the next president is his son, who will control the country for next 40 years.
But nice photo, agree.
The John Oliver video about him is interesting, dudes got some obsessions.