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Uzbek Parliament approves new CB chief

JUNE 6 2017 (The Bulletin) — Uzbekistan’s parliament approved the relatively unknown Mamarizo Nurmuratov as the new Central Bank chairman. He had been chairman of the Senate’s budget and economic reforms committee. His appointment, as a replacement for Faizulla Mullajanov who died after 26 years in the post, highlights the relative junior nature of the Central Bank chief in Uzbekistan.

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(News report from Issue No. 332, published on June 12 2017)

Turkmen President sacks Supreme Court chief

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JUNE 2 2017 (The Bulletin) — Turkmen President Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov sacked the head of the Supreme Court, Begench Charyev, just the latest in a string of high-profile sackings that he has made this year. State-owned media did not give a reason for Mr Charyev’s sacking. He had been head of the Supreme Court since September 2013. Gylychmyrat Halliyev director of the Turkmen National Institute for Democracy and Human Rights was appointed the new Supreme Court chief.

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(News report from Issue No. 331, published on June 5 2017)

Turkmen president sacks Prosecutor for bribe-taking

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MAY 4 2017 (The Conway Bulletin) — Turkmen president Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov fired General Prosecutor Amanmyrat Halliyev and 10 junior prosecutors for bride-taking.

Last month, Mr Berdymukhamedov sacked his energy minister in one of his semi-regular government reshuffles which his opponents say shows his insecurities.

It is unclear what bribes Mr Halliyev, 43, is accused of taking.

He had been General Prosecutor since 2013 and before that had been head of the Supreme Court. The day before Mr Halliyev was sacked, the 51-year old deputy PM for industry, Batyr Ereshov, died from unknown causes. He was one of the more prominent members of Mr Bedymukhamedov’s cabinet.

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(News report from Issue No. 327, published on May 5 2017)

Uzbekistan’s Mirziyoyev sidelines rival

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APRIL 26 2017 (The Conway Bulletin) — Uzbek president Shavkat Mirziyoyev has demoted his longtime colleague Rustam Azimov, sources told the Reuters news agency.

The move appears to be an attempt by Mr Mirziyoyev, in power since the death in September of the cantankerous Islam Karimov, to consolidate both his power and his reputation as Uzbekistan’s moderniser.

Mr Azimov, a deputy PM, had been considered one of the two most influential figures propping up Mr Mirziyoyev. He had previously been finance minister but has now, according to Reuters, been given the job of reorganising the rural economy. The other figure considered powerful in Uzbekistan is Rustam Inoyatov, head of the security services.

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(News report from Issue No. 326, published on April 28 2017)

Uzbek president sacks privatisation head

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APRIL 14 2017 (The Conway Bulletin) — Uzbek president Shavkat Mirziyoyev fired the head of the government’s privatisation committee, Davron Hidoyatov, shortly after criticising him for not attracting enough foreign investment. The sacking of Mr Hidoyatov is part of Mr Mirziyoyev’s drive to freshen up his government’s approach to pulling in foreign investment. Mr Hidoyatov had been given the job in December 2014 by former president Islam Karimov.

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(News report from Issue No. 325, published on April 17 2017)

Tajik President’s son starts as Dushanbe mayor

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APRIL 10 2017 (The Conway Bulletin) — Tajik President Emomali Rakhmon officially signed a decree appointing his 29-year-old son, Rustam Emomali, as the mayor of Dushanbe. Mr Emomali had been acting mayor of Dushanbe since January when the previous long- serving incumbent was suddenly fired. He had to wait until he had been elected to the city assembly before he could take up the position on a full-time basis. He was elected to the assembly at the end of last month. Some analysts have said that Mr Emomali’s promotion is part of the grooming he is undergoing ahead of taking over from his father as president.

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(News report from Issue No. 324, published on April 13 2017)

Tajik president’s son gets elected into city assembly

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APRIL 2 2017 (The Conway Bulletin) — The son of Tajik president Emomali Rakhmon, Rustam Emomali, was officially voted in as a deputy in Dushanbe’s city assembly. The vote allows Mr Emomali to take over as mayor of Dushanbe, a move that marks yet another shift rise for a man analysts have said is being groomed to take over the top job from his father. In January, Mr Rakhmon appointed his son to be the acting mayor of Dushanbe, but he could only become the permanent mayor after he had been elected to the city’s assembly. He had previously been head of the government’s anti-corruption unit and head of Tajikistan’s football federation.

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(News report from Issue No. 323, published on April 6 2017)

Turkmen president sacks his energy minister

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APRIL 5 2017 (The Conway Bulletin) — Turkmen president Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov sacked the experienced Yashigeldy Kakayev as deputy PM responsible for overseeing the oil and gas sector, perhaps the most important position in his administration, for “shortcomings”, state media reported.

In his place, Mr Berdymukhamedov promoted Maksat Babayev, who was appointed to head Turkmengaz in January.

Mr Berdymukhamedov is all- powerful and although he spoon- feeds ordinary Turkmen with data that suggests the economy is running smoothly, anecdotal evidence suggests otherwise.

He also appears to need to protect himself from any culpability for Turkmenistan’s economic problems, linked to a sharp fall in the price of gas – its main revenue earner. This means he has to shift blame onto his ministers and senior officials who he appoints and fires with increasingly regularity.

Mr Kakayev had been appointed energy minister under very similar circumstances in 2015 when his predecessor was also sacked for “shortcomings”.

In the cabinet reshuffle, Mr Berdymukhamedov also fired deputy PM in charge of agriculture, Redjep Bazarov.

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(News report from Issue No. 323, published on April 6 2017)

Turkmen president’s son takes another key role

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MARCH 21 2017 (The Conway Bulletin) — Serdar Berdymukhamedov, the only son of Turkmen president Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, has been appointed chairman of parliament’s legal affairs committee, an influential position. Pres. Berdymukhamedov started to promote his son last year, sparking claims that he was grooming him to be his heir. Mr Berdymukhamedov junior was first promoted to a senior position within the foreign ministry and was then, a short time later, made an MP.

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(News report from Issue No. 322, published on March 27 2017)

Kazakh president’s grandson becomes football vice-president

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FEB. 28 2017 (The Conway Bulletin) — Kazakhstan’s Football Federation appointed 26-year-old Aysultan Nazarbayev, President Nursultan Nazarbayev’s grandson, as its vice- president. Nazarbayev junior is keen on football and trained for six months with the English football club Portsmouth. He is the eldest son of Pres. Nazarbayev’s daughter Dariga Nazarbayeva and has even been spoken of as a future president.

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(News report from Issue No. 319, published on March 3 2017)