Ata Oveznepesovich Serdarov

Date and place of birth:

7 June 1964, «Ýasmansalyk» residential area of Bagtyyarlyk district, Ashgabat city.

Nationality Turkmen.

Education:

1971 – 1981, Former Secondary School No. 9 in the «Yasmansalyk» residential area.

1981 – 1987, Myrat Garryyev State Medical University of Turkmenistan, graduated as a surgeon.

Professional Experience:

1987 – 1988, Intern doctor in the surgery department of the «Tiz kömek» Center in Ashgabat, 

1988 – 1991, Surgeon at the Buzmeyin district hospital. 

1991 – 1994, Student in postgraduate training at the Department of Surgery of the Myrat Garryyev State Medical University of Turkmenistan, and obtained the academic degree of Candidate of Medical Sciences.

1994 – 2005, Assistant lecturer at the Department of Surgery of the Myrat Garryyev State Medical University of Turkmenistan. At the same time, from 2002 to 2005 he served as dean of the pediatric faculty of the university and director of the «Tenekär» pharmaceutical-infusion medicines plant. 

2005 – 2007, Director of the «Türkmendermansenagat» association of the Ministry of Health and Medical Industry of Turkmenistan.

2007 – 2010, Minister of Health and Medical Industry of Turkmenistan. 

April – July 2010, Department of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan.

2010 – 2012, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Turkmenistan to the Republic of Armenia. 

2012 – 2016, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Türkiye. September 2013 – 2016, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the State of Israel.

2016 – 2018, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Kingdom of Belgium, and at the same time to the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg; concurrently as head of the mission of Turkmenistan to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons in the Hague. 

3 March 2017 – 2018, Head of the mission of Turkmenistan to the European Union.

March – April 2018, Deputy chairman of the Democratic Party of Turkmenistan.

April 2018 – present, Chairman of the Democratic Party of Turkmenistan.

Deputy of the Mejlis of Turkmenistan of the VI and VII convocations. Member of the Committee on international and inter-parliamentary communications of the Mejlis of Turkmenistan.

Awarded with the «Magtymguly Pyragy» medal in 2014; the jubilee medal «Garaşsyz, Baky Bitarap Türkmenistan» in 2015; the jubilee medal of Turkmenistan «Türkmenistanyň Garaşsyzlygynyň 25 ýyllygyna » in 2016; the jubilee medal «Türkmenistanyň Bitaraplygynyň 25 ýyllygyna» in 2020; the jubilee medal «Türkmenistanyň Garaşsyzlygynyň 30 ýyllygyna » in 2021; the jubilee medal of Turkmenistan «Magtymguly Pyragynyň 300 ýyllygyna» in 2024 and the jubilee medal of Turkmenistan «Türkmenistanyň Bitaraplygynyň 30 ýyllygyna» in 2025. 

Family status: Married, has five children.

Nominated by the Democratic Party of Turkmenistan.