Ata Çaryýew

Atta Charyyev (Cyrillic: Ата Чарыев) is a Turkmen politician and former Vice President of Turkmenistan.

Charyyev was born in 1932. He graduated from Turkmen Agricultural Institute in 1955. He worked as an engineer.

Charyyev was appointed as the first deputy chairman of the council of ministers of Turkmenistan from January to December 1991, and then as First Vice President from January 1992 to June 1992. He was responsible for economy and investment.

In June 1992 Charyyev was sent as ambassador to Iran. In 1994 he was recalled from Tehran, and forced into retirement.

In 1997 he critizized the government in Radio Liberty.