Yevda Abramov

Yevda Sasunovich Abramov (Azerbaijani: Yevda Sasunoviç Abramov; 12 June 1948 – 6 December 2019) was an Azerbaijani politician. He served as a Member of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan from 2005 until his death in 2019.[1] and Deputy chairman of Azerbaijani National Assembly's Committee on Human Rights. Abramov was a Mountain Jew, representing part of the Azerbaijani Jewish community.[2][3]

Yevda Abramov
Member of the Azerbaijan Parliament
for Quba Rayon
In office
6 November 2005 – 6 December 2019
Preceded bynew constituency
Personal details
Born(1948-06-12)12 June 1948
Qırmızı Qəsəbə, Quba Rayon, Azerbaijan
Died6 December 2019(2019-12-06) (aged 71)
Baku, Azerbaijan
NationalityAzerbaijani Jew
Political partyNew Azerbaijan Party
Alma materAzerbaijan State Pedagogical Institute
OccupationTeacher
CommitteesStanding Commission of the Milli Mejlis (Parliament) on Human Rights; Azerbaijan-Israel working group on interparliamentary relations; Azerbaijan-Argentine, Azerbaijan-Cuba , and Azerbaijan-Russia working groups on interparliamentary relations

Life

Born in the village of Krasnaya Sloboda of Quba Rayon, June 12, 1948, Yevda Abramov came from Cohen roots, a Jewish family from Iran. His father was a former leader and spiritual guide of the Jewish community of Azerbaijan. His family's known 750-year-old history traces back to Shemakha, about 250 km north-west of Baku. In 1902, when an earthquake struck the town, many surviving Jews left for Quba. His father left to fight in World War II against Nazi Germany.[4]

Yevda Abramov graduated from the History faculty of Azerbaijan State Pedagogical Institute. He spoke Azeri, Russian, Turkish and Persian fluently. Since 1971 he was a teacher and the deputy director at a secondary school in Quba region and since 1987 he was the chairman of the Executive Committee and secondary school teacher in Krasnaya Sloboda, a Jewish town in Quba Rayon. In 2000 he was elected the chairman of municipality in Krasnaya Sloboda.[1] From 1986 until 1999 he was in regional politics before he joined the President's New Azerbaijan Party.[4] On November 6, 2005 he was elected as Member of Parliament from Quba-Qusar constituency No. 53. In the parliament, he served as deputy chair of the Standing Commission of the Milli Mejlis on Human Rights; head of Azerbaijan-Israel Working Group on Interparliamentary Relations; head of Azerbaijan-Argentina, Azerbaijan-Cuba and Azerbaijan-Russia Working Groups on Interparliamentary Relations.[1] He was a proponent of creating a corner dedicated to Azerbaijani Genocide by Armenians in the largest Holocaust museum.[5]

Yevda Abramov was married, with four children.[1] Three of his children live in Israel and one of his sons serves as an officer in the IDF.[4]

Abramov died in Baku on 6 December 2019 at the age of 71.

References
  1. (in English)Milli Mejlis of Azerbaijan Republic - Abramov Yevda Sasunovich
  2. 10 January 2008 Azeri Jews: Centuries of coexistence in Azerbaijan by Gabriel Lerner
  3. Jerusalem Post, republished Azerbaijan to open trade office in Israel by Hilary Leila Krieger
  4. Spring 2007; Shalom Magazine - Yevda Abramov by Roland Syssman
  5. 17 March 2008 Deputy Yevda Abramov: "A corner on Azerbaijanis' genocide by Armenians should be created in the largest Holocaust Museum"
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