Novruz Ismayil oglu Mammadov ( az, Novruz İsmayıl oğlu Məmmədov; born 15 March 1947) is an Azerbaijani politician and translator who served as Prime Minister of Azerbaijan from April 2018 to October 2019. He previously held the title as assistant to the President for Foreign Policy Issues and Head of Department of Foreign Policy.

Early life

He was born in Nakhchivan, in the

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. He received a

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in 1991 from the Azerbaijani Pedagogical Foreign Languages Institute (APFLI) of the

Azerbaijan University of Languages Azerbaijan University of Languages ( az, Azərbaycan Dillər Universiteti) is a public university in Baku, Azerbaijan. The student body consists of approximately 4,000 undergraduates and 900 graduate (master's degree) students. The university has a ...

, where he then became an instructor. In addition to Azerbaijani, he is also fluent in Russian, and French.

Career

Between 1967 and 1981, he served as an interpreter in

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, and in

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. In 1992, he became the official dean of the preparatory faculty of APFLI and in 1993, became the dean of French language of APFLI, holding this position until 1997. In 1995, he became the interpreter to former

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Heydar Aliyev Heydar Alirza oghlu Aliyev ( az, Һејдәр Әлирза оғлу Әлијев, italic=no, Heydər Əlirza oğlu Əliyev, ; , ; 10 May 1923 – 12 December 2003) was a Soviet and Azerbaijani politician who served as the third president of Azer ...

. From 1997 to 2018, he was Head of the Department of

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of the Presidential Administration of Azerbaijan. On April 21, 2018 he was appointed as the Prime Minister of Azerbaijan by President

Ilham Aliyev Ilham Heydar oghlu Aliyev ( az, İlham Heydər oğlu Əliyev, ; born 24 December 1961) is the fourth president of Azerbaijan, serving in the post since 31 October 2003. The son and second child of the former Azerbaijani leader Heydar Aliyev, ...

and left office on October 8, 2019.

Awards

Azerbaijan

* Shohrat Order (2007) * Sharaf Order (2017) * Rank of Ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary (2002)

Foreign Awards

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(

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, 1998) * Polish Legion of Honor (

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, 2009) *Order of

(

, 2019)

Publications

Novruz Mammadov authored over 20 scientific articles and several books, including more than 300 articles dedicated to the political and public-political issues He translated “A Myth of Terror” by Erich Feigl" into French in 2001.

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1947 births Living people Azerbaijani translators Azerbaijan University of Languages alumni Recipients of the Shohrat Order Recipients of the Legion of Honour Prime Ministers of Azerbaijan {{Azerbaijan-translator-stub