Member Directory

The Delegation of to the OSCE PA

Ms. Bahar A. Muradova Head of Delegation

Vice-Speaker of the Parliament

Milli Mejlis 1, Parliamentary Avenue AZ 1152, AZERBAIJAN Telephone: +99 412 492 4505 Fax: +99 412 493 4943 Political Party Affiliation: New Azerbaijan Party Home District: The Fizuli Constituency No 84 Member of Parliament since: 2000 Positions held in Parliament: Current positions in Parliament: Vice-Speaker of Parliament. Chairperson of the MM Committee on Human Rights Educational background: Other information: : 1977-1981 – Secondary School N 3, Fizuli city (Certificate of Honor) 1981-1990 – Light Industry College, Baku (Diploma of Honor). 1990-1995 – Baku State University, Philology 1996-2000 - “Azerbaijan” University, Law

Career: 1981-1989 – Controller, 1st Garment Factory, Baku 1989-1992 - Executive Secretary, Voluntary Book Lovers Society of Azerbaijan, Oktyabr District. 1992-1993 - Executive Secretary, Gaygi Society, Yasamal District 1993-1995 – Instructor, Office of Mayor, Yasamal District City Hall 1995-2000 – Assistant, Department of Public&Political Issues, Administration of President of the Republic of Azerbaijan 1999-2005 - Executive Secretary, New Azerbaija Party (YAP) Since 2005 – Deputy Chairperson of the Milli Mejlis, Republic of Azerbaijan

Party Activities: Since 1993- member of the New Azerbaijan Party (YAP) 1995-2009 – Deputy Chairperson of the Women’s Council (YAP) 2013 – Chair of the YAP Commission on International Relations 1999-2000-2005 – member of Political Counsil and Board of the Ist, IInd, IIIrd, IVth and Vth Congresses of the YAP

Parliamentary Activities: Since 2000 – member of the IInd IIIrd, IVth and Vth terms of the Milli Mejlis of the Republic of Azerbaijan 2000-2005 – member of the parlaimentary delegation of Azerbaijan to the Inter-Parliamentary Union Since 2005- Head of the parliamentary Delegation of Azerbaijan to the OSCE PA Since 2005 – Vice Speaker of the Milli Mejlis of the Republic of Azerbaijan Since 2008 - Head of the Azerbaijan – Switzerland Parliamentary Friendship Group Since November 2015 – Chairperson of the Parliamentary Committee on Human Rights

Public Activities: 2006-2011 – Member of the Coordination Council of the IInd and the IIIrd World Congress of

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Academic Background: Ph.D Political Sciences Author of articles published in Azerbaijan and abroad.

Awards: State –Shohrat Order, Medal of Honour of the Milli Mejlis Many public awards

Married with one daughter.

Tuesday, June 20, 2017 Updated: 24-Feb-16 Member Directory

The Delegation of Azerbaijan to the OSCE PA

Mr. Tahir Mirkishili Deputy Head of Delegation

Milli Mejlis 1, Parliamentary Avenue AZ 1152, Baku AZERBAIJAN Telephone: Fax: Political Party Affiliation: Home District: Member of Parliament since: 2015 Positions held in Parliament: Current positions in Parliament: Economic policy, entrepreneurship and industry committee International and interparliamentary Relations committee. Educational background: - Bachelor in International Economic Relations (Honours), Faculty of International Economic Relations, Azerbaijan State Economic University, Azerbaijan - Sep 1998 – Jun 2000 Master in International Economic Relations (Honours), Faculty of International Economic Relations, Azerbaijan State Economic University, Azerbaijan - Sep 2000 – Jun 2003 PhD in International Economic Relations, Faculty of International Economic Relations, Azerbaijan State Economic University, Azerbaijan - May 2004 – Aug 2004 Management on Information Communication Technology, Stanford University, Stanford, USA. Other information: Work Experience: - March 2000 – Sept 2008, Manager (private sector, Information Communication Technology field) in several private companies - September 2003 – May 2011, Lecturer (weekly of teaching on World Economy and International Relations), Azerbaijan State Economic University. Azerbaijan - May 2011 – November 2015, Adviser to the minister on Information Communication Technologies, Ministry of Economy - September 2013 – present, Member of Innovation Council, Azerbaijan National Academy of Science - November 2015 – present, Member of Parliament - Economic policy, entrepreneurship and industry committee International and interparliamentary Relations committee, Milli Meclis (National Parliament).

Language Skills: - English - Russian - Turkish

Awards: - “Progress” medal, State Award for ICT (2012) - Award for Excellence in Teaching (2005 and 2007)

Publications / Written Works: - The Foreign Trade Policy of Azerbaijan and the way of improvement. Book. Baku, Azerbaijan - Role of the National ICT Production in the way of sustainable development of transition economy. - Global ICT conference. UNDP. Digital divide and knowledge economy: problems and solutions. Baku, Azerbaijan

Tuesday, June 20, 2017 Updated: 24-Feb-16 Member Directory

The Delegation of Azerbaijan to the OSCE PA

Mr. Azay A. Guliyev Member of Delegation Vice-President of the OSCE PA

Milli Mejlis 1, Parliamentary Avenue AZ 1152, Baku AZERBAIJAN Telephone: +994 50 218 35 88 Fax: +994 12 493 17 80 Political Party Affiliation: Independent Home District: Baku, Binagadi District Member of Parliament since: 2005 Positions held in Parliament: 2001-2003 Civil Society Expert in GTZ (Germany) – German Agency on Technical Cooperation 1999-2008 President of National NGO Forum of Azerbaijan 1998-1999 Head of the National Council of Youth organizations of Azerbaijan Republic Current positions in Parliament: 2005-Present: Member of the Permanent Committee on State Building and Legislative Policy of the Parliament of Azerbaijan 2005-Present: Head of the task group on Azerbaijan-Romania inter-parliamentarian relations 2005- Present: Member of the Delegation of Azerbaijan in the Parliamentary Assembly of OSCE Educational background: 2007-2013 PhD in Political Science, Baku State University, Baku, Azerbaijan 1992-1997 BA and MA on History, Baku State University, Baku, Azerbaijan Other information: Date and Place of Birth: 23 June 1971, Azerbaijan. Marital status: Married, 3 children

Author of: The law on “Voluntary Act” and the law on “Civic Participation” of Azerbaijan

Current position and activities in OSCE PA: 2016-present: Vice-President of the OSCE PA 2016: Appointed Head of the OSCE PA Election Observation Mission to the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 2016: Appointed Head of the OSCE PA Election Observation Mission to Montenegro 2013-2016 : Vice-Chair of the General Committee on Political Affairs and Security of the OSCE PA 2005-2013 : Participated in OSCE PA election monitoring missions in the United Kingdom, Russia, Ukraine, Serbia, Georgia, Romania and Belarus 2005-present : Member of the Delegation of Azerbaijan to the OSCE PA

Other Positions: 2008-present: Head of the Council on State Support to NGOs under the auspices of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan

Principal Sponsor of: OSCE PA Resolution on “Strengthening Civil Society Institutions in the OSCE Region”, 2013 OSCE PA Resolution on “Protection of Cultural Property in the OSCE Area”, 2014 OSCE PA Resolution on “Adherence to the Helsinki Principles in Inter-State Relations Across the OSCE Area”, 2015

Member of: 2001-present: Pardoning Commission under the auspices of the 1999-present: Supervisory Board, Fund on Social Development of Internally Displaced People under the auspices of the Cabinet of Ministers of Azerbaijan 2005-present: State Commission working with Hostages, Missing Persons and War Prisoners

Chair: 2008-present, Chairman of the Council on State Support to NGOs under the auspices of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan

Tuesday, June 20, 2017 Updated: 09-Jun-17 Member Directory

The Delegation of Azerbaijan to the OSCE PA

Ms. Ulviyya Aghayeva Alternate Member of Delegation

Milli Mejlis 1, Parliamentary Avenue AZ 1152, Baku AZERBAIJAN Telephone: +994 50 315 44 88 Fax: Political Party Affiliation: Home District: 106th Tovuz-Gazakh-Aghstafa district Member of Parliament since: 2015 Positions held in Parliament: Deputy Committee on Science and Education Committee on Culture Current positions in Parliament: Deputy Educational background: Scientific degree: PhD Philology 1996-2002: graduate of the of Languages (AUL) Other information: Ulviyya Aghayeva was born in 1978 in Baku. She is married and has 2 children.

2005-2008: teacher at Azerbaijan Cooperation University 2008-2015: various positions at the Department of humanitarian policy issues of the Executive Administration of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Since 2015 she has been a senior staff scientist at the Institute of Literature named after Nizami of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (ANAS); a member of National Assembly of Azerbaijan for the 106th Tovuz-Gazakh-Aghstafa district; and a member of the Delegation of Azerbaijan to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly

Tuesday, June 20, 2017 Updated: 24-Feb-16 Member Directory

The Delegation of Azerbaijan to the OSCE PA

Mr. Elshad Hasanov Alternate Member of Delegation

Milli Mejlis 1, Parliamentary Avenue AZ 1152, Baku AZERBAIJAN Telephone: +994 12 510 88 73 Fax: +994 12 493 49 43 Political Party Affiliation: Independent Home District: Member of Parliament since: Positions held in Parliament: Current positions in Parliament: Member of the Parliamentary Committee on Science and Education Member of the Parliamentary Committee on Youth and Sports Educational background: Other information: Born 27 September 1976

Education and Training: 1982 – 1992 Secondary school , Baku (Diploma of Honor) 1992 – 1997 Baku State University, Law Faculty (Diploma of Honor) 1997 – 2001 Postgraduate (Diploma of Honor) 2004 – PhD, Law

Work experience: 1997 – 2006 Director, ‘Foton’ LLC 2006 – 2012 Lawyer, “West Indastries Az” Company 2012 – 2015 Lawyer, “Caspian Consulting” November 2015 – MP (17th Yasamal Constituency , Baku)

Married, 2 children

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The Delegation of Azerbaijan to the OSCE PA

Mr. Kamran Nabizade Alternate Member of Delegation

Milli Mejlis 1, Parliamentary Avenue AZ 1152, Baku AZERBAIJAN Telephone: + 994 12 498 9958 Fax: Political Party Affiliation: Independent Home District: Gazakh Member of Parliament since: 2015 Positions held in Parliament: Current positions in Parliament: Deputy Chairman of the Natural Resources, Energy and Environmental Issues Committee Educational background: 1987–1992 Moscow State University named after M. Lomonosov, Faculty of Economy 1996–2000 Russian Foreign Trade Academy, The Faculty of World Trade Other information: Date of Birth: 5 February 1971 Place of Birth: Baku, Azerbaijan Marital Status: Married, 3 sons

Work Experience: 1992 –19978 The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic, Foreign Economic Relations Department, Chief of Financial Division 1997–2003 “LUKoil Marine International” Company, Vice-president 2004–2005 “NVF Consulting” Company, Vice-president 2005–2006 The Ministry of Industry and energy of the Azerbaijan Republic, Deputy chief of Division 2006–2007 The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic, Economy and Accounting Department, Deputy Chief 2007–2015 “NKH” Company, Chairman of the Board

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