Azad Arif oglu Rahimov ( az, Azad Arif oğlu Rəhimov, October 8, 1964 – April 30, 2021) was an Azerbaijani politician who served as the
Minister of Youth and Sports of Azerbaijan Republic.
Early life and business affairs
Rahimov was born into the family of a housekeeper on October 8, 1964, in
Baku
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,
Azerbaijan
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. He graduated in 1981 from Baku's school No. 134 and in 1986 from the
Azerbaijan University of Languages
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with a degree in the
English language
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. In 1984, he started working as the chairman of
Komsomol
The All-Union Leninist Young Communist League (russian: link=no, Всесоюзный ленинский коммунистический союз молодёжи (ВЛКСМ), ), usually known as Komsomol (; russian: Комсомол, links=n ...
at school No. 245 of Baku's
Khatai raion. From June 1986 through November 1987, he served in the
Soviet Army
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and was stationed in
Moscow
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. In 1987–1989, Rahimov worked in Khatai rayon committee and in 1989–1990 he was the chairman of Azerbaijan Youth Organization Committee. In 1994–1998, he worked as the executive director of ''Ros-IMESKO'' company. From 1998 until February 7, 2006, Rahimov was the executive director of ''Italdesign'',
a company whose subsidiary SerbAz has been implicated in an infamous case of worker mistreatment.
He was married to Zulfiya Rahimova
with who he had one child.
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Political career
With the re-establishment of Youth and Sports as a separate ministry, Rahimov was appointed the minister. He also became vice-chairman of the National Olympic Committee.
Death
He died on 30 April in New York, where he had been seeking treatment for lung cancer and liver cirrhosis.
See also
* Cabinet of Azerbaijan
References
External link
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1964 births
2021 deaths
Government ministers of Azerbaijan
Politicians from Baku
Burials at II Alley of Honor
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