VOL. XLV

No 50

16-December-2002

CASPIAN

New Oil And Gas Minister For Turkmenistan

President Saparmurat Niyazov of Turkmenistan has appointed Tachberdi Tagiyev as the new Minister of Oil and Gas, replacing Kurbannazar Nazarov, who was appointed in January 2001 and dismissed in mid-November. Mr Tagiyev has had a long career in Turkmenistans oil and gas industry. In 1997 he was appointed deputy chairman of the state-owned oil company Turkmenneft and in 1998 was made the companys first deputy...