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Spymaster | Turkmenistan
Nazar Atagarayev inherits southern border instability at helm of KGB scion

Published on 16.02.2024 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 4 min

Nazar Atagarayev, head of the ministry of national security, remains under the thumb of ex-president Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and his son, Serdar Berdimuhamedov. © Suo Takekum/MaxPPP//Mike Segar/Reuters//iStock

The young head of the all-powerful ministry of national security is in charge of securing Turkmenistan's porous borders with Iran and Afghanistan. This member of the president's "new guard" has to set about the task amid battles for influence in the country.

Turkmen General Nazar Atagarayev has just marked his first year at the helm of the ministry of national security, the MNB. Like the rest of the country's security apparatus, the ministry, whose scope includes intelligence, remains under Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov's thumb. The ex-president currently chairs the former upper house of parliament, the Halk

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Spymaster | Turkmenistan
Nazar Atagarayev inherits southern border instability at helm of KGB scion

The young head of the all-powerful ministry of national security is in charge of securing Turkmenistan's porous borders with Iran and Afghanistan. This member of the president's "new guard" has to set about the task amid battles for influence in the country.

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Spymaster | Turkmenistan Nazar Atagarayev inherits southern border instability at helm of KGB scion

The young head of the all-powerful ministry of national security is in charge of securing Turkmenistan's porous borders with Iran and Afghanistan. This member of the president's "new guard" has to set about the task amid battles for influence in the country.

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Spymaster | Turkmenistan
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