TASS. March 19. Turkmenistan’s new President Serdar Berdymukhamedov, who took offices earlier on Saturday, has signed a document on the resignation of the government, the Orient media outlet reported.

According to the Orient, the entire cabinet has been sent to resignation. However, the ministers will continue to perform their duties until a new government is formed.

Serdar Berdymukhamedov was elected president at early presidential elections on March 12, having scored 72.97% of votes. The early presidential elections were called after former President and Serdar’s father, Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, announced his decision to step down as Turkmen president to "give way to the young." However, he continues to be speaker of Turkmenistan’s upper parliament house.