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European Azerbaijan Society
The European Azerbaijan Society is a lobbying group founded in 2008 which was known for sponsoring luxurious trips for European politicians to travel to Azerbaijan and promoting the authoritarian regime in Azerbaijan. The group was involved in the Azerbaijani laundromat scandal. History In 2006, Tale Heydarov, the son of Azerbaijani minister of emergency situations Kamaladdin Heydarov Kamaladdin Heydarov Fattah oglu (; born 15 July 1961) is an Azerbaijani politician and businessperson, serving as the Ministry of Emergency Situations (Azerbaijan), Minister of Emergency Situations. He has close ties to the ruling Aliyev family i ..., established the London Azerbaijan Society. In 2008, the group was named The European Azerbaijan Society (TEAS). Initially, the society had two directors – Nijat Heydarov and Tale Heydarov. They were in this position from 2008 until May 2013. From that date to present, the society's director and company secretary has been Lionel David Zetter. Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a Boundaries between the continents, transcontinental and landlocked country at the boundary of West Asia and Eastern Europe. It is a part of the South Caucasus region and is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia's republic of Dagestan to the north, Georgia (country), Georgia to the northwest, Armenia and Turkey to the west, and Iran to the south. Baku is the capital and largest city. The territory of what is now Azerbaijan was ruled first by Caucasian Albania and later by various Persian empires. Until the 19th century, it remained part of Qajar Iran, but the Russo-Persian wars of Russo-Persian War (1804–1813), 1804–1813 and Russo-Persian War (1826–1828), 1826–1828 forced the Qajar Empire to cede its Caucasian territories to the Russian Empire; the treaties of Treaty of Gulistan, Gulistan in 1813 and Treaty of Turkmenchay, Turkmenchay in 1828 defined the border between Russia and Iran. The region north o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tale Heydarov
Tale Heydarov () is an Azerbaijani businessman and investor. He founded the European Azerbaijan Society (TEAS), a lobbying group which was known for sponsoring luxurious trips for European politicians to travel to Azerbaijan and promoting the authoritarian regime in Azerbaijan. It has since closed. The group was involved in the Azerbaijani laundromat scandal. Heydarov was also implicated in a 2018 investigation by the Daphne Project into companies that invested in secret across Europe through a Maltese bank. Early life and education Heydarov attended Collingham College, London, from 2001 to 2003, and studied for a BSc International Relations and History at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) from 2003 to 2006. He received a master's degree in International Security and Global Governance from Birkbeck, University of London, in 2008. Career Tale Heydarov is chairman of the Board of Gilan Holdings, a conglomerate business in Azerbaijan. Heyadrov took ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamaladdin Heydarov
Kamaladdin Heydarov Fattah oglu (; born 15 July 1961) is an Azerbaijani politician and businessperson, serving as the Ministry of Emergency Situations (Azerbaijan), Minister of Emergency Situations. He has close ties to the ruling Aliyev family in Azerbaijan. BBC News described Heydarov as among "the wealthiest and most powerful in the governing elite" in Azerbaijan. His family owns a network of offshore companies. He chaired the State Customs Committee (Azerbaijan), State Customs Committee from 1995 to 2006. Early life Heydarov was born on 15 July 1961 in Nakhchivan City, Azerbaijan. He has graduated from Baku State University with a degree in Geography. In 1992, he left Azerbaijan for Uzbekistan and opened several business firms there. Political career He founded a company called Gilan in the 1980s, but the details about the company are opaque. President of Azerbaijan, President Heydar Aliyev appointed Heydarov as Chairman of the State Customs Committee (Azerbaijan), State ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foreign Relations Of Azerbaijan
The Republic of Azerbaijan is a member of the United Nations, the Non-Aligned Movement, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, NATO's Partnership for Peace, the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council, the World Health Organization, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development; the Council of Europe, CFE Treaty, the Community of Democracies; the International Monetary Fund; and the World Bank. List List of countries which Azerbaijan maintains diplomatic relations with: Information on some of the countries with which Azerbaijan maintains formal relations Multilateral Africa Americas Asia Europe Oceania International organizations * AsDB * BSEC * CE * CIS * DAC (participant) * EAPC * EBRD * ECE * ECO * ESCAP * FAO * GUAM * IAEA * IBRD * ICAO * ICRM * IDA * IDB * IFAD * IFC * IFRCS * ILO * IMF * IMO * Interpol * IOC, IOM * ISO (correspondent) * ITU * ITUC * OAS (observer) * OIC * OPCW * OSCE * PFP (NATO) * U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
