Orazgeldi Aýdogdiýew

Orazgeldi Aydogdyev (Cyrillic: Оразгельды Айдогдыев) is a Turkmen politician and former Vice President of Turkmenistan.

Aydogdyev was born in 1948 in Mary Region. He graduated from the Turkmen State University in 1971, and from the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union in 1980.

Aydogdyev was a head of department in Mary regional committee of the Communist Party of Turkmenistan from 1980 to 1991. He was the deputy chairman of the People's Deputies in the Mary Regional Council from 1991 to 1992.

In June 1992 Aydogdyev was appointed as Vice President of Turkmenistan, and he was responsible for overseeing media. He was removed as vice president in April 2001. He had been the minister of culture since 1995, and was fired from that position for shortcomings in November 2003.