Hasan Aziz oghlu Hasanov ( az, Həsən Əziz oğlu Həsənov / Һәсән Әзиз оғлу Һәсәнов, born 20 October 1940) is an

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and diplomat. He served as Azerbaijan's last communist leader, as its

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both during the Soviet rule and Azerbaijan's subsequent independence after the

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but eventually resigned.

Early life

Hasanov was born in

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. Having completed his

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in Tbilisi, he moved to Baku,

to study at

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in 1958. In 1963, Hasanov graduated from the university and in 1981 from Baku Supreme Party School. While a student, he chaired the group, faculty, and institute Komsomol committee. In 1962, Hasanov was sent to the 14th annual All Soviet Komsomol Summit being held in

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as the representative of Azerbaijani students. In 1960–1963, he served as Chairman of the Baku Student Council; in 1962 through 1966, he worked as a tutor in ''Baku Komsomol Committee'' and chaired the Yasamal Komsomol Committee. In 1966–1967, during his doctoral studies, Hasanov conducted scientific research at ''Scientific Research Construction Materials and Establishments Institute''. In 1967, he was appointed to the position of tutor at Central Committee of

Azerbaijan Communist Party The Azerbaijan Communist Party ( az, Azərbaycan Kommunist Partiyası; russian: Коммунистическая партия Азербайджана) was the ruling political party in the Azerbaijan SSR, making it effectively a branch of th ...

Political career

After working in the organization committee of Komsomol's central office in

for two years, Hasanov moved back to Baku in 1971 and worked as tutor and deputy department director of Azerbaijan Communist Party. Later on, he worked as the First Secretary of Sabail district in 1975–1978, as First Secretary of Sumgayit Party Committee in 1978–1979 and as First Secretary of Ganja Party Committee in 1979–1981. From 1981 through 1990, Hasanov served as Secretary of Central Committee of Azerbaijan Communist Party and member of bureau and chaired the economic policies committee at the same institution from 1989 until 1990. Hasanov was the

during the most difficult period of the country, in 1990–1992. After Azerbaijan became independent, he was put in charge to form the new government of Azerbaijan. Understanding the difficulties, Hasanov made a deal with the

Popular Front of Azerbaijan The Azerbaijani Popular Front Party (APFP; az, Azərbaycan Xalq Cəbhəsi Partiyası, ) is a political party in Azerbaijan, founded in 1992 by Abulfaz Elchibey. After Elchibey's death in 2000, the party split into two wings, the ''reform'' win ...

inviting them to form a coalition within the newly established government. In 1992–1998, he served in

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of independent Azerbaijan and was the first Azerbaijani to receive the status of Azerbaijan's

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. In 1992–1993, Hasanov established and worked in the Permanent Mission of Azerbaijan Republic to UN in

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. From 1993 through 1998, he served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan. Hasanov has been a member of various parliaments for 23 years straight: in 1977–1995 as deputy of Supreme Soviet of Azerbaijan; in 1979–1984 as deputy of Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union; in 1995–2000 as member of

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(Milli Majlis). He was also a member of the International Relations Committee of Milli Majlis and a member of the committee writing the new Azerbaijani Constitution. From 2004 until 2010, Hasanov served as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Azerbaijan to

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. On 30 March 2010, he was appointed the Ambassador of Azerbaijan to

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. On 8 January 2021, Hasanov was dismissed as the Ambassador of Azerbaijan to Poland,

Nargiz Gurbanova Nargiz Akif gizi Gurbanova ( az, Nərgiz Akif qızı Qurbanova, born 1975) is an Azerbaijani diplomat, serving as the Ambassador of Azerbaijan to Poland since 2021. Education Gurbanova graduated from the University of Vienna with a Ph.D. in pol ...

was appointed a new ambassador by a presidential decree.

Private life

He's married, and has two children, Aygun and Zaur, and grandchildren. Hasanov is fluent in Azerbaijani,

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, Turkish and

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Awards

Hasan Hasanov has been awarded various orders of the USSR. In 2020 he received the Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland.

References

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