Sardar Jalaloglu ( az, Sərdar Cəlaloğlu) (born June 3, 1954) is an

Azeri Azerbaijanis (; az, Azərbaycanlılar, ), Azeris ( az, Azərilər, ), or Azerbaijani Turks ( az, Azərbaycan Türkləri, ) are a Turkic people living mainly in northwestern Iran and the Republic of Azerbaijan. They are the second-most numer ...

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and

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. He was born in the village of Cehri of Babek district of Nakhchivan. He went to school in

Ordubad Ordubad is the second largest city of Azerbaijan's Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic and the capital of an eponymous district. Ordubad is a medieval city of the Caucasus and in its current capacity of a town was founded in the 18th century. The town ...

and finished secondary school in Baku. In 1997, he graduated from

Azerbaijan State Medical Institute Azerbaijan Medical University named after Nariman Narimanov ( az, Azərbaycan Tibb Universiteti) is the formal name of the public medical school located in Baku, Azerbaijan. Due to difficulties with translation, the school is sometimes called: ...

. After graduation, he worked 15 years as a doctor.

Political career

*In 1985, he joined

Azerbaijan National Movement Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country, transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Wester ...

. He was one of the initiators for establishing

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National Movement and till 1991 was member of Nakhchivan National Movement’s governing body. *In 1991, he was one of the founders of

Azerbaijan Democratic Party The Azerbaijan Democrat Party ( az, Azərbaycan Demokrat Partiyası), also known as ADP, is a conservative political party in Azerbaijan. History The Azerbaijan Democrat Party was established on January 26, 1991, by the participants of 27 per ...

, was elected the general secretary of the Azerbaijan Democratic Party in 1994-96, from 1996 to 2005 first deputy chairman of the Party and from 2005 to 2007 deputy chairman of the Party. *He was arrested illegally in the events of 15–16 October 2003, was recognized as a political prisoner by a number of international organizations including European Union and the ECHR and finally was released in March, 2005. *On May 27, 2007 in the Ninth Congress of the ADP, he was elected the chairman of the Party. *Been nominated for 2008 Presidential election from ADP. *One of the founders of newspapers such as: ''Hurriyyet'', ''Haray'' and ''Oyanish''. *Author of hundreds of articles, book reviews about Globalization, Philosophy, Monographies in Ethnography, etc. *Sardar Jalaloglu been arrested 3 times for his outspoken speeches and political views. *Married, has 4 children.

Works

*"Mahiyyət" ( en, "Essence") *"Azadlığa məhkumuq" ( en, "Sentenced to Freedom") *"İnsanlar və adamlar" ( en, "Humans and Persons") *"Türkəçarə" ( en, "Quackery")

References

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