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CONVENTIONAL LONG FORM NAME: none
CAPITAL CITIES: Ashgabat
TYPE OF GOVERNMENT: defines itself as a secular democracy and a presidential republic; in actuality displays authoritarian presidential rule, with power concentrated within the presidential administration
DATE OF INDEPENDENCE: October 27, 1991
NATIONAL HOLIDAYS: Independence Day, October 27
CHIEF OF STATE: President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow
HEAD OF GOVERNMENT: President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow
DESCRIPTION OF EXECUTIVE BRANCH: includes Chief of State, Head of Government, and Cabinet
DESCRIPTION OF LEGISLATIVE BRANCH: unicameral parliament known as the National Assembly
DESCRIPTION OF JUDICIAL BRANCH: highest court is the Supreme Court
SUFFRAGE: 18 years of age; universal
THEIR AMBASSADOR TO UNITED STATES: Mered Abramovich Orazow
LOCATION OF THEIR EMBASSY IN THE US: Washington DC
LOCATIONS OF THEIR CONSULATE IN THE US: N/A
US AMBASSADOR TO THEM: Robert E. Patterson
LOCATION OF US EMBASSY THERE: Ashgabat
LOCATION OF US CONSULATE THERE: N/A
NAME OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVE TO UN: N/A
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLISM ON FLAG: the green color and crescent moon represent Islam; the five stars symbolize the regions or wilayats of Turkmenistan; the guls reflect the national identity of Turkmenistan where carpet-making has long been a part of traditional nomadic life
NATIONAL SYMBOLS: Akhal-Teke horse
CAPITAL CITIES: Ashgabat
TYPE OF GOVERNMENT: defines itself as a secular democracy and a presidential republic; in actuality displays authoritarian presidential rule, with power concentrated within the presidential administration
DATE OF INDEPENDENCE: October 27, 1991
NATIONAL HOLIDAYS: Independence Day, October 27
CHIEF OF STATE: President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow
HEAD OF GOVERNMENT: President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow
DESCRIPTION OF EXECUTIVE BRANCH: includes Chief of State, Head of Government, and Cabinet
DESCRIPTION OF LEGISLATIVE BRANCH: unicameral parliament known as the National Assembly
DESCRIPTION OF JUDICIAL BRANCH: highest court is the Supreme Court
SUFFRAGE: 18 years of age; universal
THEIR AMBASSADOR TO UNITED STATES: Mered Abramovich Orazow
LOCATION OF THEIR EMBASSY IN THE US: Washington DC
LOCATIONS OF THEIR CONSULATE IN THE US: N/A
US AMBASSADOR TO THEM: Robert E. Patterson
LOCATION OF US EMBASSY THERE: Ashgabat
LOCATION OF US CONSULATE THERE: N/A
NAME OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVE TO UN: N/A
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLISM ON FLAG: the green color and crescent moon represent Islam; the five stars symbolize the regions or wilayats of Turkmenistan; the guls reflect the national identity of Turkmenistan where carpet-making has long been a part of traditional nomadic life
NATIONAL SYMBOLS: Akhal-Teke horse