Vilayat Mukhtar oglu Guliyev ( / , ; born 5 November 1952) is an

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a Boundaries between the continents, transcontinental and landlocked country at the boundary of West Asia and Eastern Europe. It is a part of the South Caucasus region and is bounded by ...

i politician who was Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan from 1999 to 2004. He was elected to the Azeri parliament in 1996 as a supporter of President

Heydar Aliyev Heydar Alirza oghlu Aliyev (10 May 1923 – 12 December 2003) was an Azerbaijani politician who was a Soviet party boss in the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic from 1969 to 1982, and the third president of Azerbaijan from October 1993 to ...

. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs under Aliyev, and for short term under his son, Ilham, from October 1999 until April 2004, when he was replaced by Elmar Mammadyarov.

Early life

Guliyev was born on November 5, 1952, in a town of Agjabedi,

. Having completed high school, he enrolled at Azerbaijan State University in 1970 and graduated with a degree in

Philology Philology () is the study of language in Oral tradition, oral and writing, written historical sources. It is the intersection of textual criticism, literary criticism, history, and linguistics with strong ties to etymology. Philology is also de ...

in 1975. He then worked as a teacher at a local school in

Beylagan Rayon Beylagan District () is one of the 67 districts of Azerbaijan. It is located in the centre of the country and belongs to the Mil-Mughan Economic Region. It borders the districts of Fuzuli, Aghjabadi, Zardab, Imishli, and the Ardabil Province ...

of Azerbaijan. At the same time, he was admitted to

Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (ANAS) (, located in Baku, is the main state research organization and the primary body that conducts research and coordinates activities in the fields of science and social sciences in Azerbaijan. It was ...

for doctoral studies. In 1978-1981, Guliyev worked as the head of department and later as deputy director of the academy's Institute of Literature and Languages named after Nizami. From 1992 through 1993, he was a professor at

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and in 1994 was appointed Chief Scientist at the National Academy of Sciences.

Political career

In 1996, Guliyev was elected to the

National Assembly of Azerbaijan The National Assembly (), also transliterated as Milli Mejlis, is the legislative branch of government in Azerbaijan. The unicameral National Assembly has 125 deputies: previously 100 members were elected for five-year terms in single-seat co ...

(Milli Mejlis). In October 1999, he was appointed as

Minister of Foreign Affairs In many countries, the ministry of foreign affairs (abbreviated as MFA or MOFA) is the highest government department exclusively or primarily responsible for the state's foreign policy and foreign relations, relations, diplomacy, bilateralism, ...

by President Heydar Aliyev. In 2004, Guliyev was appointed Ambassador of Azerbaijan to

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...

. He has since played a significant role in facilitating military cooperation of signing of military-technical memorandum with Poland and sparking interest of Polish government in transportation of Azerbaijani oil and gas to Poland and

Ukraine Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which Russia–Ukraine border, borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the nor ...

through Odesa-Brody-Gdansk pipeline. In 2010, Guliyev was appointed Ambassador of Azerbaijan to

Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and ...

.Azerbaijan appoints new envoys to Hungary, Poland
News.az. 31 March 2010. Retrieved 31 July 2012.

Academic titles and works

In 1990, Guliyev obtained PhD in Philology. He authored 3 monographs and over 300 publications. Guliyev also wrote over 12 books. Main subject of his research was analysis of literature and history of its application in relations between Azerbaijan,

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and Turkey in 19th-20th centuries. Vilayat Guliyev is fluent in Russian, Turkish, Arabic, English and

Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

. Guliyev is married and has two children. One of his children, Shamil Guluzade currently works at Baku International Sea Trade Port.

References

External links

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan
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Early life

Political career

Academic titles and works

See also

References

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