Ata Serdarow

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Öweznepesowiç and the family name is Serdarow.

Ata Serdarow
Chairman of the Democratic Party of Turkmenistan
Incumbent
Assumed office 2 April 2018
Preceded by	Kasymguly Babaýew
Minister of Health of Turkmenistan
In office 27 February 2007 – 9 April 2010
President	Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow
Preceded by	Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow
Succeeded by	Gurbanmammet Elyasov
Personal details
Born	Ata Öweznepesowiç Serdarow 1964 (age 59–60) Yasman-Salyk, Ruhabat District, Turkmen SSR, Soviet Union
Citizenship	Soviet Union (until 1991) Turkmenistan
Religion	Islam
Political party	TPD
Education	Candidate of Sciences
Alma mater	Turkmen State Medical University

Ata Öweznepesowiç Serdarow (born 1964) is a Turkmen physician, diplomat, and politician. As of 2018, he is serving as the leader of politically dominant Democratic Party of Turkmenistan.

Early life and education

Serdarow was born in the village of Yasman-Salyk in the Ruhabat District of the Turkmen SSR in 1964. He graduated from the Turkmen State Medical University in 1987 with a Candidate of Sciences degree. Until 2005, he worked as a surgeon and a professor at the Turkmen State Medical University.

Political career

He became the Minister of Health on 27 February 2007 and served until 9 April 2010. In July 2010, he was appointed as Turkmenistan's ambassador to Armenia and worked in the position until December 2012 when he was dismissed from the post and appointed as the ambassador to Turkey. On 16 September 2013, he was appointed as the ambassador to Israel while simultaneously serving as the ambassador to Turkey. On 26 February 2016, Serdarow was appointed as the ambassador to Belgium, he was dismissed from his position as ambassador to Israel and Turkey. On 26 March 2016, he presented his credentials to King Philippe of Belgium.

As of 2018, he was the ambassador to Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg. On 3 March 2018, Ata Serdarow was appointed as the Head of Turkmenistan Representation to the European Union. He was elected as the Chairman of the Democratic Party of Turkmenistan on 2 April 2018. Three days later on 5 April 2018, he was relieved from all diplomatic posts by President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow.