Vusal Huseynov (born 12 January 1980) is an Azerbaijani public official who serves as the Chief of State Migration Service of the Republic of Azerbaijan since 23 April 2018

Early life and education

Vusal Huseynov was born on 12 January 1980 in

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. In 1997 September, Vusal Huseynov entered Azerbaijan State University of Economics (UNEC), the Bachelor of Arts in Economics program. He obtained a bachelor's degree in June 2001. From September 2001 to June 2002, Vusal Huseynov participated in an extensive post graduate course on environmental policy focusing on environmental economics in

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at Academia Istropolitana Nova. Two years after, he began his master's degree in Azerbaijan Economic Relations in September 2003, and in June 2005, he got his master's degree in International Economic Relations. In 2007, he participated in the John Smith Fellowship program (6 weeks) focusing on leadership and governance as a John Smith Fellow in the

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, the cities of

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and

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. In 2008, he was admitted to

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, faculty of law and in 2012, graduated with full course in law diploma equal to

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. In 2009, Vusal Huseynov became a participant of two special training programs. In July, he participated in the leadership training of the Central Eurosia Leadership Academy (CELA – www.celanetwork.org) in

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. Two months after, in September, he went to

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for participation in the training in good governance and reform course organized by Passau University with a specialisation of the Economics of Corruption (http://www.icgg.org). In June 2010, Vusal Huseynov was admitted to Master of Public Administration (MPA) of

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. He was granted the scholarship for his studies within the framework of “State Program on education abroad”. At the same time, he was winner of the

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for his studies at

. In May 2011, Vusal Huseynov graduated from Harvard University with a master's degree in Public Administration. Along with his studies in HKS, he also took part in a year long Mason Program and received a Mason Certificate on

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Career

Civil service career

In 2005, Vusal Huseynov joined as an advisor to the Secretariat of the newly established Anti-Corruption Commission of Azerbaijan Republic. At this post, he was also acting as Secretary of the inter-agency working group on improvement of legislation. He duties included liaising with government institutions involved in anti-corruption activities and the media, and coordinated relations with civil society institutions and international partners. He acted as an expert for the Council on State Support to NGO's under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan to evaluate all grant applications covering the areas of governance and fight against corruption for the grant year of 2008-2010. His responsibilities also included evaluation and monitoring of reports within National Anti-Corruption Strategies. In 2011, with the post of senior advisor, he had a break in his civil service career due to education in the USA. Vusal Huseynov served as advisor and later promoted to senior advisor post with the department of Law Enforcement Coordination of the Administration of the President between the years 2011-2013. In 2013, he was appointed Secretary of the Anti-corruption Commission of Azerbaijan. During these years, he also acted as a national focal point for CoE project on Good Governance and Fight against Corruption (Eastern Partnership) implemented in Azerbaijan. In 2015, due to his election to the Parliament of Azerbaijan he left civil service and started a career within the legislative body.

Teaching career

Vusal Huseynov started his teaching career in UNEC in 2006. He delivered lectures on the courses of International Economics and International Economic Institutions. In 2008, he also delivered lectures at

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at the Law Department on the course of Introduction to Economics.

Parliament career

In the 5th Azerbaijan Parliamentary Election held on 1 November 2015, Vusal Huseynov was elected an MP from the Ujar constituency No 91 for the term of 2015-2020, representing the

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. He became a member of two committees in the National Assembly of Azerbaijan (''Milli Majlis''): Legal Policies and State Structuring Committee, and Defence, Security and Combating Corruption Committee. Additionally, he is a member of several working group on inter-parliamentary relations with

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, United States,

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etc. Since 14 April 2017, Vusal Huseynov chairs newly established working group on inter-parliamentary relations between Azerbaijan and

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Center for Analysis of Ecenomic Reforms and Communication

Vusal Huseynov is a member of the Supervisory Board of the Center for Analysis of Economic Reforms and Communication since the establishment of the Center on 20 April 2016.

State Migration Service of the Republic of Azerbaijan

Vusal Huseynov was appointed as the Chief of State Migration of the Republic of Azerbaijan on 23 April 2018.

International activities

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He is a deputy chair of the Delegation of Azerbaijan to the Council of Europe (CoE), and a member of the Group of the European People's Party in the CoE. Vusal Huseynov is a full member of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights, member of Sub-Committee on Crime Problems and the Fight against Terrorism, and Sub-Committee on Human Rights of the CoE. In 2018 he was elected as vice-chair of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights for renewable two-year term. On 7 March 2017, the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights of the CoE appointed Vusal Huseynov rapporteur on “Strengthening international regulations against trade in goods used for torture and the death penalty.” On 26 January 2018, Vusal Huseynov presented his report to CoE Parliamentary Assembly, and it was unanimously adopted. He was also appointed as a Special Rapporteur on “Human rights and business – what follow-up to Committee of Ministers Recommendation CM/Rec(2016)3?”

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and GRECO

In December 2015, at the fourth session of the Assembly of Parties, Vusal Huseynov was elected a member of the Board of Governors of International Anti-corruption Academy for the term of 6 years (2015-2021). Since 2012, he has been heading the delegation of Azerbaijan to the Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) of the Council of Europe.

Open Government Partnership

Vusal Huseynov served as the national focal point of the Open Government Partnership international initiative between the years of 2013-2016.

Public activities

Vusal Huseynov joined the Association of Young Azerbaijani Friends of Europe youth NGO from early university years and served as vice president of the organization. Later, he co-founded and directed “Aegee-Baki” youth organization (NGO), national chapter of European Students Forum (AEGEE-Europe), for two years from its establishment. He has engaged himself into the development of ELSA-Azerbaijan national youth NGO activities. He acts as the transition board member of Azerbaijan Anti-Corruption Academy, public initiative aimed at increasing anti-corruption education and awareness.

References

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