Yevda Sasunovich Abramov ( az, Yevda Sasunoviç Abramov; 12 June 1948 – 6 December 2019) was an Azerbaijani politician. He served as a

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of the

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from 2005 until his death in 2019.Milli Mejlis of Azerbaijan Republic - Abramov Yevda Sasunovich
/ref> and Deputy chairman of Azerbaijani National Assembly's Committee on Human Rights. Abramov was a

Mountain Jew Mountain Jews or Caucasus Jews also known as Juhuro, Juvuro, Juhuri, Juwuri, Juhurim, Kavkazi Jews or Gorsky Jews ( he, יהודי קווקז ''Yehudey Kavkaz'' or ''Yehudey he-Harim''; russian: Горские евреи, translit=Gorskie Yevrei ...

, representing part of the Azerbaijani Jewish community.Jerusalem Post, republishe
Azerbaijan to open trade office in Israel
by Hilary Leila Krieger

Life

Yevda Abramov was born in the village of

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Quba Rayon Quba District (; az, Quba rayonu) is one of the 66 districts of Azerbaijan. It is located in the north-east of the country and belongs to the Guba-Khachmaz Economic Region. The district borders the districts of Qusar, Qabala, Ismayilli, Shama ...

on June 12, 1948. He came from the Cohen family, originally hailing from

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. His father was a former leader and spiritual guide of the Jewish community of Azerbaijan. His family's known 750-year-old history traces back to

Shemakha Shamakhi ( az, Şamaxı, ) is a city in Azerbaijan and the administrative centre of the Shamakhi District. The city's estimated population was 31,704. It is famous for its traditional dancers, the Shamakhi Dancers, and also for perhaps giving it ...

, about 250 km north-west of

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. In 1902, when an earthquake struck the town, many surviving Jews left for Quba. His father left to fight in

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against Nazi Germany.Spring 2007
Shalom Magazine - Yevda Abramov
by Roland Syssman Yevda Abramov graduated from the History faculty of Azerbaijan State Pedagogical Institute. He spoke Azeri, Turkish, Russian, and Persian fluently. From 1971, he was a teacher and the deputy director at a secondary school in Quba region, and from 1987, he was the chairman of the Executive Committee and secondary school teacher in Krasnaya Sloboda, a Jewish town in Quba Rayon. In 2000 he was elected the chairman of municipality in Krasnaya Sloboda. From 1986 until 1999 he was in regional politics before he joined the ruling authoritarian

New Azerbaijan Party The New Azerbaijan Party ( az, Yeni Azərbaycan Partiyası, YAP) is the ruling political party in Azerbaijan, founded on 21 November 1992 under the leadership of Heydar Aliyev. After his election as President of Azerbaijan on 3 October 1993, and ...

. On November 6, 2005 he was elected as Member of Parliament from the ''Quba-Qusar constituency No. 53''. In parliament, he served as deputy chair of the Standing Commission of the so-called ''Milli Mejlis on Human Rights'' as well as the head of the ''Azerbaijan-

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

Working Group on Interparliamentary Relations'' and the ''Azerbaijan-

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, Azerbaijan-

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'' and ''Azerbaijan-

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Working Groups on Interparliamentary Relations''. Yevda Abramov was married, with four children. Three of his children live in Israel and one of his sons serves as an officer in the

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. Abramov died in Baku on 6 December 2019 at the age of 71.

References

External links

Interview on Azerbaijan-Israeli relations with Yevda Abramov
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