Yagshygeldi Kakayev

Yagshygeldi Kakayev
Ýagşygeldi Kakaýew
Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers
In office
6 November 2015  5 April 2017
Preceded byBaymurat Hojamuhammedov
Succeeded byMaksat Babayev
In office
28 May 2012  8 June 2013
Preceded byBaymurat Hojamuhammedov
Succeeded byBaymurat Hojamuhammedov
In office
24 July 2010  8 September 2010
Acting
Personal details
Born
Yagshygeldi Ilyasovich Kakayev

1959
Görogly District, Turkmen SSR, USSR
(now Turkmenistan)
Died8 July 2020 (61 year old)
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
Alma materTurkmen Polytechnic Institute

Yagshygeldi Ilyasovich Kakayev (Turkmen: Ýagşygeldi Ilýasowiç Kakaýew; Russian: Ягшигельды Эльясович Какаев, romanized: Yagshigel'dy El'yasovich Kakayev; 1959–8 July 2020) was a Turkmen politician and energy executive. He was one of the Deputy Chairmen of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan from 2012 to 2013 and from 2015 to 2017. In 2010, he served as acting Deputy Chairman. His career in government was primarily focused on oil and gas matters. From 2007 to 2016, he was the Director of the State Agency for Management of Hydrocarbons.