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Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow was a dentist before he entered politics. He practiced dentistry in Ashgabat from 1982 to 1992, and then served as Deputy Minister of Health from 1992 to 1997. In 1997, he was appointed Prime Minister of Turkmenistan, and in 2006, he became President of Turkmenistan. He has been re-elected to the presidency every five years since then.