Eldar Aziz oghlu Azizov (Azerbaijani: Eldar Əziz oğlu Əzizov) is the head of the Baku City Executive Power since November 15, 2018.[1]
Eldar Azizov | |
|---|---|
Eldar Əzizov | |
 Azizov in 2019 | |
| 6th Mayor of Baku | |
| Assumed office November 15, 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Hajibala Abutalybov |
| 4th Mayor of Sabail | |
| In office September 2, 2015 – July 16, 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Asif Asgarov |
| Succeeded by | Vugar Zeynalov |
| 13th Mayor of Sumqayit | |
| In office February 18, 2011 – November 2, 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Vagif Aliyev |
| Succeeded by | Zakir Farajov |
| 8th Mayor of Ganja | |
| In office April 8, 2003 – February 18, 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Eyvaz Babayev |
| Succeeded by | Elmar Valiyev |
| 8th Mayor of Nizami | |
| In office June 28, 2000 – April 8, 2003 | |
| Preceded by | Eldar Azimov |
| Succeeded by | Abidin Farzaliyev |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 June 1957 Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union |
| Political party | New Azerbaijan Party |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Azerbaijan State University |
Biography
editHe was born on 28 June 1957 in Baku to Aziz Azizov and Elmira Azizova. Maternally he is the great-grandson of Karim bey Mehmandarov and great-great-grandson of Bahman Mirza. He graduated with honors from the History Department of Azerbaijan State University named after Kirov in 1979. Starting from the same year, he held various responsible positions in the Central Committee of the Komsomol of Azerbaijan.
Since 1984, he worked as the first secretary of the Komsomol committee of 26 Baku Commissars district (now Sabail Raion, Baku), after 1987 - the first secretary of the Baku city committee. He was elected secretary of the Central Committee of the Komsomol of Azerbaijan in 1989 and after 1991, he worked as secretary of the Central Committee of the Azerbaijan Youth Union.
He was elected to Supreme Council of Azerbaijan (a predecessor to parliament) in 1990 from Nizami Raion.[2] After 8 years, he was appointed head of the department of international relations at the Central Election Commission of the Republic of Azerbaijan in 1998 and then following year, the first deputy chairman of the Department of Foreign Relations and Investment Programs of the Baku City Executive Power. Thus starting a chain of successive appointments to various city and district mayoralties.
His first job as mayor was in Nizami Raion where he served from 2000 to 2003. In 2003 - 2011 Eldar Azizov has served as a head of the Executive Power of Ganja (the second largest city of Azerbaijan), in 2011-2015 was the head of the Executive Power of Sumgait (the third largest city of Azerbaijan) and finally 2015-2018 as a head of the Executive Power of Sabail district. He is currently mayor of Baku, succeeding long time mayor Hajibala Abutalybov.
He is a member of Azerbaijan Journalists Union and honorary member Azerbaijan Architects Union. He is also an author of "Difai" - a book dedicated to a secret Azerbaijani organization in 1900s,[3] which was partly led by his great-grandfather Karim bey Mehmandarov. He authored at least 200 articles in various newspapers.[4]
Controversies
editHe has been accused of culling the stray dogs of Baku by International Organization for Animal Protection.[5] He was known for ordering huge cakes in honor of birthday of Ilham Aliyev.[6][7]
Awards
edit- Order of the Badge of Honour (Azerbaijan SSR, 1985)
- For service to the Fatherland Order, 2nd degree (22.06.2017)
References
edit- ^ "New Baku mayor appointed". Abc.az (in Russian). Retrieved 2019-11-01.
- ^ "Azərbaycan Respublikası Ali Soveti fövqəladə sessiyasının Katibliyi haqqında" [On the Secretariat of the Extraordinary Session of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Azerbaijan]. www.e-qanun.az (in Azerbaijani). Archived from the original on 2019-11-01. Retrieved 2019-11-01.
- ^ Swietochowski, Tadeusz, 1934-2017. (2002). Russian Azerbaijan, 1905-1920 : the shaping of national identity in a Muslim community. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521522455. OCLC 49594100.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ ""Day of Cities" - UNECE". www.unece.org. Archived from the original on 2019-11-01. Retrieved 2019-11-01.
- ^ "AZERBAIJAN: THE SLAUGHTER OF STRAY DOGS CONTINUES – OIPA International" (in Italian). Retrieved 2019-11-01.
- ^ "Europe's biggest birthday cake for President of Azerbaijan". azertag.az. Retrieved 2019-11-01.
- ^ "Biggest cake in Europe prepared in Azerbaijan". news.az. Retrieved 2019-11-01.