Rafael Khanali oglu Allahverdiyev ( az, Rəfael Xanəli oğlu Allahverdiyev) (9 May 1945 – 11 January 2009) was an Azerbaijani politician, co-founder of the New Azerbaijan Party and the second Mayor of Baku, capital of

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 t ...

. Allahverdiyev was born to a family of an oil worker in Baku. He had graduated from

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in 1974 and from Western University in 1994 with a degree in management. In earlier years, he had worked as an operator at the ''Garadagneft'' oil refinery. In 1971 through 1983, he held various positions at the Central Committee of Azerbaijan Communist Party. From 1983 until 1988, Allahverdiyev served as the head of executive power of Narimanov district of Baku, and from 1988 to 1993, as the director of operations of

International Bank of Azerbaijan ABB (from az, Azərbaycan Beynəlxalq Bankı ; formerly known as International Bank of Azerbaijan), the largest bank in Azerbaijan, is an open joint-stock company whose shares are owned by the Azerbaijan state. History ABB OJSC was founded on ...

. From 1993 until 2000, Allahverdiyev served as the mayor of Baku until he was replaced by the incumbent mayor Hajibala Abutalybov. He was considered a close long term ally of former President

Heydar Aliyev Heydar Alirza oghlu Aliyev ( az, Һејдәр Әлирза оғлу Әлијев, italic=no, Heydər Əlirza oğlu Əliyev, ; , ; 10 May 1923 – 12 December 2003) was a Soviet and Azerbaijani politician who served as the third president of Az ...

. During his term, he also co-founded the

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, currently the ruling party of Azerbaijani government, and was subsequently elected as the deputy chairman of the party. In 1995, Rafael Allahverdiyev was also elected to the

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in 1995, serving two consecutive terms, but gave up his parliament membership shortly thereafter, splitting with the incumbent government and being exiled to Switzerland in 2000. Allahverdiyev suffered from a long illness and died on 11 January 2009 from brain cancer.

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1945 births 2009 deaths Azerbaijan Communist Party (1920) politicians New Azerbaijan Party politicians Mayors of Baku Western Caspian University alumni Deaths from brain cancer in Azerbaijan {{Azerbaijan-politician-stub

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