Annaguly Deryayev

Who is Annaguly Deryayev?

Annaguly Deryayev is a Turkmen politician and the head of the state oil company Türkmennebit. He is a former minister of oil and gas industry and mineral resources of Turkmenistan.

Annaguly Deryayev was born in the village of Ekerem of Esenguly District of Balkan Province in 1973. He graduated from the Turkmen Polytechnic Institute in 1994 as mining engineer.

After graduation, he worked as drill operator in test wells in Goturdep and also served in the Turkmen army from 1997 to 1998.

In 1998-2002, he worked as a senior engineer for drilling technologies at the Burnebitgas trust of Türkmennebit and from 2002 head of the Türkmennebit's department. After that, he served as the first deputy chairman of the company.

From October 2008 until October 2009 he served as minister of oil and gas industry and mineral resources of Turkmenistan. On 13 October 2009, he was demoted from the ministerial position and was appointed the head of Türkmennebit.