Novruz Mammadov

Novruz Ismayil oglu Mammadov (Azerbaijani: Novruz İsmayıl oğlu Məmmədov; born 15 March 1947) is an Azerbaijani politician and translator who served as Prime Minister of Azerbaijan from April 2018 to October 2019. He previously held the title as assistant to the President for Foreign Policy Issues and Head of Department of Foreign Policy.[1]

Novruz Məmmədov
9th Prime Minister of Azerbaijan
In office
21 April 2018 – 8 October 2019
PresidentIlham Aliyev
DeputyYaqub Eyyubov
Preceded byArtur Rasizade
Succeeded byAli Asadov
Personal details
Born (1947-03-15) 15 March 1947
Nakhchivan District, Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union
Political partyNew Azerbaijan Party
Alma materAzerbaijan University of Languages
Website

Early life

He was born in Nakhchivan, in the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic. He received a PhD in Philology in 1991 from the Azerbaijani Pedagogical Foreign Languages Institute (APFLI) of the Azerbaijan University of Languages, where he then became an instructor.

In addition to Azerbaijani, he is currently fluent in Russian, and French.

Career

Between 1967 and 1981, he served as an interpreter in Algeria, and in Guinea. In 1992, he became the official dean of the preparatory faculty of APFLI and in 1993, became the dean of French language of APFLI, holding this position until 1997. In 1995, he became the interpreter to former Azerbaijani President Heydar Aliyev. From 1997 to 2018, he was Head of the Department of Foreign Relations of the Presidential Administration of Azerbaijan. On April 21, 2018 he was appointed as the Prime Minister of Azerbaijan by President Ilham Aliyev.

Awards

Azerbaijan

Foreign Awards

Publications

Novruz Mammadov authored over 20 scientific articles and several books, including more than 300 articles dedicated to the political and public-political issues

He translated “A Myth of Terror” by Erich Feigl" into French in 2001.

References
  1. "Official web-site of President of Azerbaijan Republic - ADMINISTRATION » Structure". en.president.az. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  2. "Prime Minister Novruz Mammadov decorated with French Order of "Legion of Honour"". azertag.az. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
Political offices
Preceded by
Artur Rasizade		 Prime Minister of Azerbaijan
2018–2019		 Succeeded by
Ali Asadov


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.