What is Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow?
{{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = Arkadag | name = Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow | image = File:Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow (2017-10-02) 02.jpg | office = 2nd [[President of Turkmenistan]] | term_start = 21 December 2006 | term_end = 19 March 2022<br>{{small|Acting: 21 December 2006 – 14 February 2007}} | predecessor = [[Saparmurat Niyazov]] | successor = [[Serdar Berdimuhamedow]] | vicepresident = [[Raşit Meredow]] | office1 = Leader of the [[Democratic Party of Turkmenistan|Democratic Party]] | term_start1 = 21 December 2006 | term_end1 = 18 August 2013<br />{{small|Acting: 21 December 2006 – 4 August 2007}} | predecessor1 = [[Saparmurat Niyazov]] | successor1 = [[Kasymguly Babaev]] | office2 = [[Vice President of Turkmenistan|First Vice President of Turkmenistan]] | president2 = [[Saparmurat Niyazov]] | term_start2 = 1 March 2001 | term_end2 = 14 February 2007 | predecessor2 = [[Orazgeldi Aýdogdyew]] | successor2 = [[Raşit Meredow]] | birth_name = Gurbanguly Mälikgulyýewiç Berdimuhamedow | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|6|29|df=n}} | birth_place = [[Ahal Region|Babarap]], [[Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic|Turkmen SSR]], [[Soviet Union]] | death_date = | death_place = | party = [[Democratic Party of Turkmenistan|Democratic]] {{small|(Before 2013)}}<br />[[Independent politician|Independent]] {{small|(2013–present)}} | alma_mater = [[Turkmen State Medical Institute]] | children = 4; including [[Serdar Berdimuhamedow|Serdar]] | spouse = Ogulgerek Berdimuhamedova | rank = [[:ru:Генерал армии (государства Средней Азии)|General of the Army]] }} '''Gurbanguly Mälikgulyýewiç Berdimuhamedow''' (born 29 June 1957)<ref>{{cite news |title=Turkmenistan: New President Shows Shades Of 'Turkmenbashi' |url=http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2007/07/553cbfb1-46aa-4757-ae2b-2069350baf5f.html |work=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty |date=3 July 2007 |access-date=16 July 2007}}</ref> is a [[Turkmenistan|Turkmen]] politician. He was the 2nd [[President of Turkmenistan]] from 2007 until 2022. Berdimuhamedow, a [[de