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Igor Raufovich Ashurbeyli ( az, İqor Rauf oğlu Aşurbəyli;, russian: Игорь Рауфович Ашурбейли; born 9 September 1963, in
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) is an Azerbaijani-Russian scientist, businessman and a Head of the
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Asgardia, the Space Nation. He is also the leader of the
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since 2016. He was the
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of Scientific Production Association (SPA) Almaz from 2000 to 2011. He is also the founder and
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of Socium Holding. He has a
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in engineering and a PhD in engineering, with a specialization in computer science.


Biography

Igor Ashurbeyli was born on 9 September 1963, in
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,
Azerbaijan SSR Azerbaijan ( az, Азәрбајҹан, Azərbaycan, italics=no), officially the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic (Azerbaijan SSR; az, Азәрбајҹан Совет Сосиалист Республикасы, Azərbaycan Sovet Sosialist R ...
, a descendant of the Azerbaijani noble family of
Ashurbeyov The Ashurbeyovs ( az, Aşurbəyov) or Ashurbeylis ( az, Aşurbəyli) are an Azerbaijani noble family, with an extensive history and bloodline. History The Ashurbeyov family originated from Ashur khan Afshar. Ashur khan was Nadir shah's relative, ...
. He graduated from the
Azerbaijan State Oil Academy Azerbaijan State Oil and Industrial University (formerly Azerbaijan State Oil Academy) ( az, Azərbaycan Dövlət Neft və Sənaye Universiteti, Азәрбајҹан Дөвләт Нефт вә Сәнаје Университети (ADNSU)) is a ter ...
in 1985.Matthew Vella
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'', 23 June 2015Taisiya Bekbulatova
The space kingdom of Asgardia
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'', 23 january 2018 In 1988, under the Soviet Union's then-new economic policies, he founded Socium, a small software company, serving as its first
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. It later became Socium Holding, a holding company with over 10,000 employees at over 30 companies, where Ashurbeyli services as chairman of the board.Sustainable development of the Socium Holding
— ''The Socium Holding'' In 1990, Ashurbeyli moved to
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. Starting in 1994, he held the positions of deputy general manager, first deputy general manager, and chairman of the board at SPA Almaz (later rebranded as
GSKB Almaz-Antey JSC NPO Almaz named after A.A. Raspletin (russian: link=no, ГСКБ Концерна ПВО "Алмаз-Антей", former SB-1, 1947–50; KB-1, 1950–66; MKB Strela, 1966–71; TsKB Almaz, 1971–88; NPO Almaz, 1988–2008; GSKB Almaz-Ante ...
), later becoming its
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(CEO) from 2000 to 2011. Ashurbeyli resigned from SPA Almaz in 2011. From 2011, he was the chairman of the board and scientific supervisor of KB-1 (Design Bureau-1), a privately held company.The Board of Directors meeting
(in Russian). — ''
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'', 4 February 2011Bill Harby
Asgardia: The problems in building a space society
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'', 3 August 2018 From 2004, Ashurbeyli was the chairman of the board of the nonprofit non-government Expert Society on Space Threat Defense (ESSTD). In 2015, ESSTD was granted special consultative status with the
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(ECOSOC).Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations Recommends Special Consultative Status for 55 Entities, Defers Action on 45, in Second Day of Session
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'', 28 January 2015 He was awarded the Russian Federation Government Prize in Science and Technology of 2009.Russian Federation Government Decree No. 333-р as of 17 March 2010 "On winning a Russian Federation Government Prize in Science and Technology of 2009"
(in Russian). — ''
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Asgardia: the world's first space nation
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'', 20 June 2017 On 5 February 2016, Ashurbeyli was awarded the
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Medal for contributions to the development of nanoscience and nanotechnologies during a ceremony held at UNESCO headquarters,
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.Fifth UNESCO Medals for contributions to the development of nanoscience and nanotechnologies ceremony
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'', 5 February 2016 Igor Ashurbeyli founded the Aerospace International Research Center in
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, in 2013. In 2014, the center began publication of an international space journal, ROOM, of which Ashurbeyli is the editor-in-chief. In July 2018, Aerospace International Research Center was renamed to Asgardia Independent Research Center.Daniel Clery
Space oddity: Group claims to have created nation in space
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'', 12 October 2016Asgardia Independent Research Center. About
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, "the birth of the new space nation Asgardia."Daniel Clery
Space oddity: Group claims to have created nation in space
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'', 12 October 2016Scientists plan to create 'Asgardia' nation state in space
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'', 13 October 2016Dave Mosher
A multinational group wants you to join 'Asgardia'—the first outer space nation with a mission to defend Earth
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'', 13 October 2016 The project is officially called the "
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."The Constitution of the Space Kingdom of Asgardia
/ref> The ultimate aim of the project is to create a new nation that allows access to
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free of the control of existing nations.Sarah Knapton
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'', 12 October 2016Nicola Davis
Will you become a citizen of Asgardia, the first nation state in space?
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'', 12 October 2016 On 25 June 2018, in
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in
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, Igor Ashurbeyli was inaugurated as Asgardia's Head of Nation.First in history Inauguration of the Head of the First Space Nation Asgardia
— ''Asgardia.Space''Bill Harby
Asgardia: The problems in building a space society
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'', 3 August 2018A moment in space and time
— ''Room, The Space Journal'', Issue No. 2 (16) 2018 Asgardia intends to launch a series of
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s into Earth orbit. Going forward, the Asgardia team hopes to create habitable platforms in low-earth orbits, which is also where the
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is located. "It's not a fantasy. Going to Mars, the galactics, so on—that's just fake. I intend something more real," Igor Ashurbeyli told
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in June 2017.Andrea Lo
Asgardia: the world's first space nation
— ''
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'', 20 June 2017 The
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that carried
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into space released Asgardia-1 and two other satellites on 12 November 2017. The Space Kingdom of Asgardia has claimed that it is now "the first nation to have all of its territory in space." Legal scholars doubt that Asgardia-1 can be regarded as a
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.Eric Mack
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'', 13 June 2017


Politics

On 17 June 2016, Ashurbeyli was elected new leader of the
Party of Russia's Rebirth The Party of Russia's Rebirth (russian: Партия возрождения России ''Partiya Vozrozhdeniya Rossii'') is a political party in Russia founded by Gennady Seleznev, former State Duma speaker and a former member of the Communist ...
after the death of
Gennady Seleznyov Gennadiy Nikolayevich Seleznyov (russian: Геннадий Николаевич Селезнёв; 6 November 1947 – 19 July 2015) was a Russian politician, the Chairman of the State Duma from 1996 to 2003. Early life and career Born at Serov ...
."Партия возрождения России" выбрала нового лидера
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See also

* Asgardia the Space Nation *
GSKB Almaz-Antey JSC NPO Almaz named after A.A. Raspletin (russian: link=no, ГСКБ Концерна ПВО "Алмаз-Антей", former SB-1, 1947–50; KB-1, 1950–66; MKB Strela, 1966–71; TsKB Almaz, 1971–88; NPO Almaz, 1988–2008; GSKB Almaz-Ante ...


References


External links


Official English website

Official Russian website
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