Shahym Abdrahmanov

Abdrahmanov was born in 1963 in Ýagtyýol, Garagum district, of Mary province of Turkmenistan.

He graduated in 1986 from the Turkmen State Politechnical Institute, majoring in mining engineering and geology.

From 2005 to 2005 he was employed as chief geologist of the Ýaşyldepe oil and gas extraction directorate of the Türkmennebit State Concern, and from 2006 to 2014 he headed the Lebapnebitgazgözleg directorate of Türkmengeologiýa.

In July 2020 Abdrahmanov was appointed rector of the International Oil and Gas University in Ashgabat.

On 11 February 2021, Abdrahmanov was appointed deputy prime minister of Turkmenistan for oil and gas.