Photo: Igor SASIN / AFP/FileSource: AFPTurkmenistan heads to the polls on Saturday in a tightly-controlled leadership vote that is all but certain to yield ex-Soviet Central Asia's first father-son succession. Berdymukhamedov senior signalled his decision to step aside last month and allow "young leaders" to govern. The announcement has seen the role of victor-in-waiting to fall to his son, Serdar Berdymukhamedov, 40, who has rapidly risen to the top of government. Much less is known about Serdar Berdymukhamedov, whose government promotions received little public attention until he entered parliament in 2016. Turkmen state media has almost completely ignored the bloody war taking place in Europe.

Source: Daily Nation March 12, 2022 02:34 UTC