Täçberdi Tagyýew
Täçberdi Tagyýew or Tachberdy Tagyev is a Turkmen politician, born in Etrek District. Since 2012 he is the General Director of the Turkmenbashi Complex of oil refineries. He was deputy chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan from 2007 to 2009.
In 1977 he graduated from the Turkmen Polytechnic Institute in engineering in drilling and exploitation in oil and gas deposits. From November 2002 to October 2003 he was Minister of Oil and Gas Industry and Ministerial Resources of Turkmenistan and in 2003 was appointed mayor of Balkan District.
In 2006 he was appointed General Director of the Turkmenbashi Complex of oil refineries. In February 2007 was appointed State Minister of the Turkmengas State Concern. In 2007, he was appointed deputy chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan for Oil-Gas and was removed from this post on 13 July 2009 as a result of slow growth in his sector.
