Elmira Akhundova (born 26 May 1953) is an Azerbaijani writer, publicist and politician. She has been a member of the Association of Azerbaijani Writers since 1983. She was elected to parliament in 2005.

Early life and education

Akhundova was born on 26 May 1953 in the Ramensk district of Moscow. Firstly she studied at school number 18 in

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, then she went to a state school provided by Baky choreography college . After finishing school, she studied stenography at a technological city school. She graduated from the

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filology faculty in 1976.

Career

Writing

Akhundova began her career as a stenographer and then worked as an editor for t''he Committee of Azerbaijani Television and Radio broadcasting'' from 1977 until 1980. She published her first literary translation – ''The Heart of Najiba'' by Huseyn Ibrahimov – in 1978, and her first scientific article in 1979 in the ''Literaturnıy Azerbaydjan'' magazine. Akhundova worked as a reviewer and adviser for the ''Federation of Azerbaijani Writers'' from 1980 until 1988. She was then a scientific worker in the department of Southern Azerbaijanian literature in the Literature Institute Nizami, and worked as a reported for ', '' Freedom radio station'' and ''Turkish world'' magazine. She was elected as secretary for the ''Azerbaijani Writers' Federation'' in 1991 and as a member of the ''State Forgiveness Commission'' in 1995. Akhundova has been a docent of the translation theory and practise department at

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since 2002. Her compilation and translation ''Azerbaijan's young prose'' was published in 1984. Her other books include ''It is forgiven by rescript'' (in Russian) in 2000, ''A death of polygraphic worker'' in 2001, and ''Reality moment'', ''Alovsat Guliyev: he was creating a history'', ''This is us'' and ''Live time'' in 2003. In 2009, her six volume official biography ''

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: Personality and Epoch'' was released after a decade's research on the national leader.

Politics

In 2005, Akhundova became a member of parliament after running as an independent candidate in the

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for District 71 in Masalli, winning with 29% of the vote over two ruling

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candidates. She became a member of the presidential Commission on Pardoning Issues. Akhundova served as a member of Azerbaijan's delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe from 2006 to 2007. She was appointed the Ambassador of Azerbaijan to

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in March 2020 by the President

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Awards and honors

Akhundova received the H. Zardabi prize for her works. In 2003 she was awarded the

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for "the development of popular writing." She was elected as a member of Milli Majlis in 2005.

Personal life

Akhundova is married to Ramiz Akhundov.And has a son Habib Akhundov

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