Fizuli Alakbarov Hasan oglu ( az, Füzuli Ələkbərov Həsən oğlu) is an

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of th ...

i politician who serves as the Minister of Labor and Social Protection of Population of Azerbaijan Republic.

Early life

Alakbarov was born in 1958 in Julfa,

. He was the second of three sons in the family. In 1980, he graduated from the Department of Physics and Mathematics of Azerbaijan State University. In 1991, Alakbarov graduated from

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with a degree in Economics. In 1987–1992, he worked as the director of ''Sputnik'' of International Youths Tourism Bureau. From 1992 through 2006, he was the President of Improtex Group of Companies. He founded the first tourism company Improtex and its subsidiary

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in early 1990s starting direct flights from

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and

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. During the winter days of the

First Nagorno-Karabakh War The First Nagorno-Karabakh War, referred to in Armenia as the Artsakh Liberation War ( hy, Արցախյան ազատամարտ, Artsakhyan azatamart) was an ethnic and territorial conflict that took place from February 1988 to May 1994, in th ...

, Alakbarov shipped footwear to Azerbaijani soldiers on the frontlines. He made medical shipments and volunteered to donate blood to be transported to the hospital in Qaradağlı village of

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. In 1996, he was elected the President of the Azerbaijan Judo Federation. From May 2003 until 2006, he was a member of the Council of Entrepreneurs of Azerbaijan Republic.

Political career

In February 2006, Alakbarov was appointed the Minister of Labor and Social Protection of Population of Azerbaijan Republic by

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Ilham Aliyev Ilham Heydar oghlu Aliyev ( az, İlham Heydər oğlu Əliyev, ; born 24 December 1961) is the fourth president of Azerbaijan, serving in the post since 31 October 2003. The son and second child of the former Azerbaijani leader Heydar Aliyev, ...

. As a minister, he paid special attention to accommodating the disabled veterans from Karabakh War. New buildings in Baku were built and provided to the disabled and their families in Baku.

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Early life

Political career

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