Shamukhammet Durdylyev was appointed Hyakim (Mayor) of the new modern city – the Administrative Center of the Akhal Region. The corresponding Decree was signed by President Serdar Berdimuhamedov today, the Information Program "Watan" of the Turkmen Television reported.

The new Administrative Center of the Akhal Region is under construction 30 kilometers southwest of the Turkmen capital. The project cost is 1.5 billion US dollars. There will be smart residential buildings monitored via a smartphone, squares with a flagpole, buildings of the City Administration and other institutions, as well as the Rukhyet Palace, the Regional Department of Education and Culture, a Drama Theater, a library, an Infectious Diseases Clinic, a museum, the Higher International School of Horse Breeding and the Scientific and Production Center of Horse Breeding.

Earlier it was reported that the construction of the first stage of the Akhal Administrative Center should be completed in December of this year – by the Day of Neutrality of Turkmenistan.

Shamukhammet Durdylyev graduated from the Turkmen Polytechnic Institute with a degree in civil engineering, has extensive managerial experience. In different years, he was the Minister of Construction, the Mayor of Ashgabat, the Managing Director of the Office of the President and Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan, the Deputy Prime Minister for Construction.

Currently, Durdylyev also oversees the construction of another "smart" city, an equally large–scale project - "Ashgabat City".