Kamal Jafarov (born 15 December 1989, Baku) — Member of the

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, chairperson of the Sub-Committee on Human Rights of the

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(''PACE'') and head of Anti-Corruption Training Center near General Prosecutor Office. He is member of

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at ''PACE.''

Early life and education

Kamal Jafarov earned law degree from

Baku State University Baku State University (BSU) (BDU; ) is a public university located in Baku, Azerbaijan. Established on 1 September 1919 by the Parliament of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, the university started with faculties of history and philology, physics ...

. He holds an LL.M. degree from

King's College London King's College London (informally King's or KCL) is a public university, public research university in London, England. King's was established by royal charter in 1829 under the patronage of George IV of the United Kingdom, King George IV ...

and a MA degree from

International Anti-Corruption Academy The International Anti-Corruption Academy (IACA) is an international intergovernmental organization based in Laxenburg, Austria, that teaches government officials and professionals about anti-corruption measures. Membership to the organization i ...

, which is the first international intergovernmental organization offers a master's degree in anti-corruption studies. He also graduated from an interdisciplinary program on an "Introduction to the American legal system" from

Central Texas College Central Texas College (CTC) is a public community college in Killeen, Texas. Founded in 1965, it has branch campuses in Europe and on military installations across the U.S. History Central Texas College was established by a vote of the citizen ...

, USA. Kamal Jafarov is an internationally certified anti-money laundering specialist from ACAMS. He speaks

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and

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languages. He served in the army during 2013–2014. He is married and has one child.

Career

Civil service

In 2012–2013, he worked as an adviser in the International Relations Department of the State Agency for Public Services and Social Innovations (''publicly known as''

ASAN Service The ASAN service () is an Azerbaijani state agency for public services. The agency's goal is to make services more easily accessible to citizens using modern technologies.

). During 2014–2016, Kamal Jafarov joined as a senior advisor to the Secretariat of Anti-Corruption Commission of Azerbaijan Republic. At this post he was also working as Secretary of inter-agency working group on improvement of legislation. His duties included liaising with government institutions involved in anti-corruption activities and media and coordinated relations with civil society institutions and international partners. In 2016, he was appointed the Executive Secretary of the Anti-Corruption Commission of Azerbaijan. During these years, he also acted as a national focal point for Council of Europe project on Good Governance and Fight against Corruption (Eastern Partnership) implemented in Azerbaijan. In 2020, due to his election to the Parliament of Azerbaijan he left civil service and started a career within the legislative body.

Parliament

In the

2020 Azerbaijani parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Azerbaijan on 9 February 2020.

, Kamal Jafarov was elected an MP from the Sabirabad constituency (No 63) for the term of 2020–2025, representing the New Azerbaijan Party. Currently he is board member of New Azerbaijan Party. He became a member of two committees in the National Assembly of Azerbaijan (Milli Majlis): Legal Policies and State Structuring Committee, and Defense, Security and Combating Corruption Committee.

International activities

Council of Europe

He is a deputy chair of the Delegation of Azerbaijan to the Council of Europe (CoE). He is a full member of Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights and Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons. Since 2017, he has been heading the delegation of Azerbaijan to the

Group of States against Corruption The Group of States against Corruption (, GRECO) is the Council of Europe's anti-corruption monitoring body with its headquarters in Strasbourg (France). It was established in 1999 as an enlarged partial agreement by 17 Council of Europe member ...

(

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) of the Council of Europe

Inter-parliamentary relations

Kamal Jafarov is the head of Azerbaijan-Belgium Inter-parliamentary friendship group and member of several working group on inter-parliamentary relations with

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and

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Open Government Partnership

Kamal Jafarov served as the national focal point of Open Government Partnership international initiative between the years of 2016–2020.

United Nations

During 2015–2020, Kamal jafarov served as a national coordinator for the implementation of United Nation's Convention Against Corruption. He headed two implementing review mechanisms in Azerbaijan.

Public activities

Kamal Jafarov is the founder of national chapters of

European Law Students' Association The European Law Students' Association (ELSA) is an independent, non-political, non-profit, international non-governmental organisation run by and for law students. ELSA-activities comprise a large variety of academic and professional events ...

(ELSA) and

European Youth Parliament The European Youth Parliament (EYP) is the youth parliament for Europe. Legally an independent educational charity, it is a politically unbound non-profit organisation, which encourages European youth to actively engage in citizenship and cultur ...

(EYP). He is also co-founder of Azerbaijan Anti-Corruption Academy (later renamed as ''Azerbaijan Transparency Academy'').

Articles

Kamal Jafarov is the author of articles published in ''The Guardian'', ''The Telegraph,'' ''La Vanguardia, Hurriyet Daily News'', ''The'' ''Jerusalem Post'' and other local news web-sites.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jafarov, Kamal 1989 births Living people Alumni of King's College London Members of the National Assembly (Azerbaijan) New Azerbaijan Party politicians