Amanmyrat HallyyevAmanmyrat Hallyyev (Turkmen: Amanmyrat Hallyýew) is a lawyer and former Prosecutor General of Turkmenistan. CareerIn July 2006, Hallyyev was appointed state prosecutor for Mary Province; earlier, he was a prosecutor for the Bereket District of Balkan Province.[1] On 31 August 2013, Hallyyev was appointed Prosecutor General by President Berdimuhamedow; he replaced Yaranmurad Yazmuradov, who was removed from office on grounds of inefficiency and facilitation of illicit drugs trade.[2][3] After a tenure of about three years, on 4 May 2017, Hallyyev was removed for failing to prevent bribery in prosecutorial services, and Batyr Atdayev was appointed to succeed him.[4][5] As of February 2017, Hallyyev was referred to in the Turkmen official press as holding the rank of state counselor of justice, third class (Turkmen: ýustisiýanyň 3-nji derejeli döwlet geňeşçisi).[6] On 12 May 2017, Hallyyev was detained along with other employees.[7] References
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