Batyr Atdayev

Atdayev graduated from the Law Faculty of the Turkmen State University in the early 1990s.

[1][2] In February 2016, Atdayev was appointed one of several Vice Presidents of Turkmenistan and tasked with overseeing commercial trade and foreign economic relations.

[3][2] On 13 May 2017, he was appointed by President Berdimuhamedow as the new Prosecutor General, replacing Amanmyrat Hallyyev.

[3][a] On 5 November 2021, Berdimuhamedow publicly reprimanded him for "improper performance of official duties and weakening of prosecutorial supervision over the activities of the oil and gas complex.

"[6] On 4 June 2022 he was reappointed to the Cabinet of Ministers as Deputy Chairman for Trade, Textile Industry, and Entrepreneurship, and simultaneously relieved of his duties as Prosecutor General.