Abbas Alasgarov Abbas oglu (; 13 December 1937 – 18 February 2018) was an

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i engineer and politician who served as the Chairman of the State Committee for City Building and Architecture of Azerbaijan from 2007. Construction engineer by profession, Asgarov is the chairman of the Union of Azerbaijani Architects and one of the authors of the main plan of Baku.

Early life

Asgarov was born in 1937 in

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. He started his career in construction in 1960 when he was employed by the Ministry of Construction. He then worked at the Industrial Construction Ministry for several years. While working as the Senior Engineer at ''Orgtekhstroy'' state company, he managed the design and construction of nine

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s of Baku, several microdistricts in Nakhchivan,

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Sumgayit Sumqayit (or Sumgait; ; , ) is a city in Azerbaijan, located near the Caspian Sea, on the Absheron Peninsula, about away from the capital Baku. The city had a population of 427,000 at the beginning of 2024, making it the second largest city in ...

, Communal Air Conditionals Plant,

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, Baku Deepwater Structures Plant, Kura River channels, Tree Refinery Factory in Alat, four apartment building construction companies in Baku, Nakhchivan, Ganja and Sumgayit, construction of two metal-concrete products plants in Baku, one in Sumgayit and two others in Ganja and Nakhchivan and one sand-stone refinery in Poylu,

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. From 1977 on, Asgarov held executive positions in Azərsənayelayihə Design Institute, Baku Main Construction Department and Baku State Design Institute. When he was the director of Baku State Design Institute, Asgarov managed the projects for construction of apartment buildings in Gunashli, Qanligol, Yeni Yasamal, Ahmadli, Sahil,

Badamdar Badamdar is a municipality in Baku, Azerbaijan. It has a population of 11,871. The name Badamdar () is from Persian ''Badam'' (), ‘almonds’ and ''dar'' (), ‘tree’. It is located in Sabail district, to the south of Baku. In Sebail distric ...

, Lokbatan, building of

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Embassy in Baku, dormitories of Azərneftyağ Plant, Baku Choreography School, highrise buildings on Matbuat Avenue, Seyidov, Plotnikov, Qutqashinli, Hagverdiyev streets, Azadliq Avenue of Baku, vacation home for the disabled in Sagan; designed the main plan of

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, apartment buildings for the members of

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, etc.

Political career

On April 4, 2007 in accordance with the

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Decree No. 2081, Abbas Asgarov was appointed the Chairman of the State Committee for City Building and Architecture of Azerbaijan Republic which was created a year earlier. As the chair of the committee, Abbasov has laid out a new development plan of Baku for 2010-2030.

Awards

Asgarov holds the titles of Merited Engineer of Azerbaijan, Merited Architect of Azerbaijan, and was awarded with Sharaf and Xalqlar Dostluğu (Friendship of People) orders.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Alasgarov, Abbas 1937 births Government ministers of Azerbaijan Engineers from Baku 2018 deaths

Early life

Political career

Awards

See also

References