On September 30, President Serdar Berdimuhamedov appointed Mukhammetrahym Ovezov as rector of the Institute of Engineering and Transport Communications of Turkmenistan. Prior to that, he served as Vice-Rector for Research at the International University of Oil and Gas named after Yagshygeldi Kakaev.
The former rector of the Institute , Allaberdy Ashirov , was appointed president of the Academy of Sciences of Turkmenistan a day earlier by the head of state .
Source: Chronicles of Turkmenistan