Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, Dec. 9
By Huseyn Hasanov– Trend:
Kerim Durdymyradov has been appointed minister of industry of Turkmenistan, according to a decree of Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov.
Previously, Durdymyradov served as chairman of the Major State Service “Turkmenstandartlary.”
In accordance with another decree, Amanberdi Tuyliev, who headed the ministry of industry since February 2017, was dismissed from his post for serious shortcomings in his work.
It was earlier reported that the Turkmen Industry Ministry, along with the Academy of Sciences, Energy Ministry and the Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, are entrusted with creating a number of enterprises by 2020 in line with the Turkmen state program on the development of domestic electronics industry and implementation of measures on import substitution.
This involves creation of capacities for the production of semiconductors, units for processing solar energy, photovoltaic equipment, various kinds of electronic automatic equipment, light fixtures, including LED lamps, electric meters, etc. for the population.
Work is being carried out to create a joint venture for the production of energy-saving LED lamps and light fixtures.