Shakir Hasanov Şakir Rəfi oğlu Həsənov (15 June 1947 – 27 March 2022) was an Azerbaijani

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and

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Biography

Hasanov was born in

Boradigah Boradigah ( tly, Bırədiqo, script=Latn) is a village and municipality in the Masally Rayon of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic i ...

Masally District Masally District ( az, Masallı rayonu, tly, Masəlli rəyon, script=Latn) is one of the 66 districts of Azerbaijan. It is located in the south-east of the country and belongs to the Lankaran-Astara Economic Region. The district borders the di ...

. He attended the Borodigah Village High School, where Hasanov later graduated in 1965. He then attended the

Azerbaijan Technical University Azerbaijan Technical University (AzTU; az, Azərbaycan Texniki Universiteti) is a public university, specialized in engineering, located in Baku, Azerbaijan. The University has 9 schools and 54 departments, 884 faculty members and approximately 6 ...

. In 1971, Hasanov worked as a

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for which he later became a successful craftsman, in which he was considered an expert. He first worked as an

for the Kurdish Water Canal. Hasanov served as

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for the MG Administration, in which he also served as the

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for the Sumgayit City Council from 1990 to 1995. He was honored with the Tarragi Medal in 2009. Hasanov died in March 2022, at the age of 74.

References

1947 births 2022 deaths Azerbaijani engineers Azerbaijani politicians People from Masally District Azerbaijan Technical University alumni Recipients of the Tereggi Medal 20th-century Azerbaijani people 20th-century Azerbaijani politicians {{Azerbaijan-politician-stub