Almaty. February 14. Kazakhstan Today - Gurbanguly Berdymuhammedov became the President of Turkmenistan, the agency reports referring to the Turkmenistan state TV. The name of the new leader has been declared at the session of the National council taking place in the Palace of spirituality in Ashkhabad. Gurbanguly Berdymuhammedov already swore the oath and officially assumed the post of the president of the state. 2.5 thousand delegates of the National council and high-ranking foreign visitors are attending the ceremony of inauguration of the new Turkmenistan leader in the Palace of spirituality. The President Nursultan Nazarbayev represents Kazakhstan. 14.02.07