Eldar Aziz oghlu Azizov () is the head of the Baku City Executive Power since November 15, 2018.

Biography

He was born on 28 June 1957 in

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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

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of Azerbaijan. Since 1984, he worked as the first secretary of the Komsomol committee of 26 Baku Commissars district (now

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), 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

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. 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

where he served from 2000 to 2003. In 2003 - 2011 Eldar Azizov has served as a head of the Executive Power of

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(the second-largest city of Azerbaijan), in 2011-2015 was the head of the Executive Power of

Sumgait 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 List of cities in Azerb ...

(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 the Azerbaijan Journalists Union and an honorary member of the Azerbaijan Architects Union. He is also an author of "Difai" - a book dedicated to a secret Azerbaijani organization in the 1900s, which was partly led by his great-grandfather Karim bey Mehmandarov. Furthermore, he authored at least 200 articles in various newspapers.

Controversies

He has been accused of culling the stray dogs of

by the International Organization for Animal Protection. He was known for ordering huge cakes in honor of the birthday of

Ilham Aliyev Ilham Heydar Oghlu Aliyev (born 24 December 1961) is an Azerbaijani politician who has been the fourth president of Azerbaijan since 2003. He is also the leader of the New Azerbaijan Party since 2005. The son and second child of former Aze ...

Awards

Order of the Badge of Honour The Order of the Badge of Honour () was a civilian award of the Soviet Union. It was established on 25 November 1935, and was conferred on citizens of the USSR for outstanding achievements in sports, production, scientific research and socia ...

(

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, 1985) * For service to the Fatherland Order, 2nd degree (22.06.2017)

References

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