On 7 October, 2020, at the session of Turkmenistan’s Security Council, Berdymukhammedov signed a decree on relieving Mergen Gurdov, Chairperson of Turkmenistan’s State Migration Office, of his post and appointing Berkmyrat Ovezov, former deputy chairperson of the agency, as his replacement.
The reasons behind the reshuffle among high ranking officials of the agency have not been disclosed.
Let us recall that before being appointed to his post in November 2017, Gurdov also occupied the post of the Chairperson of Turkmenistan’s State Migration Office.
Former Chairperson of Turkmenistan’s Migration Office Mergen Gurdov