, image = Defense.gov News Photo 000630-D-9880W-073 (crop).jpg , order = , title = Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan , term_start = August 14, 2006 , predecessor = , office2 = Ambassador of Republic of Azerbaijan to the United States , term_start2 = November 1992 , term_end2 = November 2006 , predecessor2 = ''office established'' , successor2 = Yashar Aliyev , president = Ilham Aliyev , birth_date = , birth_place = Baku, Azerbaijan SSR,

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(now

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) , branch = , serviceyears = , rank = , battles = Hafiz Mir Jalal oghlu Pashayev ( az, Hafiz Mir Cəlal oğlu Paşayev; born May 2, 1941) is the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the

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and the founding rector of the ADA University. He holds the

Doctor of Sciences Doctor of Sciences ( rus, доктор наук, p=ˈdoktər nɐˈuk, abbreviated д-р наук or д. н.; uk, доктор наук; bg, доктор на науките; be, доктар навук) is a higher doctoral degree in the Russi ...

degree in Physics and was the ambassador of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the United States until 2006.

Early life

Hafiz Pashayev was born in Baku,

on May 2, 1941. He obtained his undergraduate degree in Physics from the Azerbaijan State University in 1963. After graduation, he started to work at the Physics Institute of the

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until 1967. In 1971, he obtained the

Candidate of Sciences Candidate of Sciences (russian: кандидат наук, translit=kandidat nauk) is the first of two doctoral level scientific degrees in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States. It is formally classified as UNESCO's ISCED level 8, "d ...

degree at the I. V. Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy in

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. In 1975–1976, he continued the investigations at the

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. Finally, he obtained the

degree in 1984. From 1971 to 1992, Pashayev worked as a researcher and a laboratory chief at the Physics Institute of the

Political career

Hafiz Pashayev started his political career in 1993 as Azerbaijan's first Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the United States (also accredited in Canada and Mexico). He kept that position until 2006, when he was appointed the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Azerbaijan Republic. Pashayev's name is associated with the Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy established under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan Republic. He is the founding rector of the Academy, which in 2016 received the status of university to become ADA University. Moreover, Hafiz Pashayev is the author of more than 100 scientific works and 2 monographs, as well as the articles on various socio-political issues in the local and international media. He was awarded with the

For service to the Fatherland Order For service to the Fatherland Order ( az, «Vətənə xidmətə görə» Ordeni) is an order of the Azerbaijan Republic. The order was established on November 7, 2003. Status "For service to the Fatherland" Order of Azerbaijan Republic awards a ...

of Azerbaijan by the President Ilham Aliyev in July 2019.

Personal life

Hafiz Pashayev is married, he has two children and four grandchildren. Other than his native language - Azerbaijani, he speaks fluent English and Russian.The official page of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
/ref> He is the son of the well-known writer and literary critic, Mir Jalal Pashayev and the uncle of the Azerbaijan's current First Lady,

Mehriban Aliyeva Mehriban Arif gizi Aliyeva (; az, Mehriban Arif qızı Əliyeva Paşayeva, ; born 26 August 1964) is an Azerbaijani politician and physician who is the vice president and First Lady of Azerbaijan. She is married to Ilham Aliyev, the president o ...

References

External links

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan
1941 births Diplomats from Baku Ambassadors of Azerbaijan to the United States Azerbaijani academics Living people Baku State University alumni {{Azerbaijan-bio-stub