raşit öwezgeldiýewiç meredow (cyrillic: рашит өвезгелдиевич мередов; born 1959) is a turkmen politician. he is the minister of foreign affairs since 2001, as well as a deputy chairman of the cabinet of ministers of turkmenistan. he is also the first vice president of turkmenistan since 2007 working for the gurbanguly berdimuhamedow administration.