Hajibala Abutalybov

Hajibala Ibrahim oglu Abutalybov (Azerbaijani: Hacıbala İbrahim oğlu Abutalıbov, born May 13, 1944) is a Turkmen Azerbaijani politician and deputy prime minister of Azerbaijan. He is the former Mayor of Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, and he used to be Mayor of Baku between 2001 and 2018.

Hajibala Abutalibov
The Mayor of Düsseldorf, Dirk Elbers (right) and Hajibala Abutalybov (left)
3rd Mayor of Baku
In office
January 30, 2001 – April 21, 2018
Preceded byRafael Allahverdiyev
Succeeded byEldar Azizov
Personal details
Born (1944-05-13) May 13, 1944
Krasnovodsk, Turkmen SSR, Soviet Union (now Turkmenistan)
NationalityAzerbaijani
Political partyYeni Azərbaycan Partiyası (YAP)
Children2
Alma materAzerbaijan State University
Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute

Abutalybov was born in Kyzyl-Su, Turkmenistan. He graduated from Azerbaijan State University with a degree in Physics in 1965. In 1969, he was enrolled in post graduate program at Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Saint Petersburg, Russia. In 1976, he received his PhD and defended his doctoral desertation in 1987.[1]

Abutalybov served as the head of the laboratory at Physics Department of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences in 1995. Same year, he was appointed the Head of the Executive Power of Surakhani district of Baku which he held until 1999.[2] In 2000, he was appointed Deputy Premier of Azerbaijan Republic.

Abutalybov has served as Mayor of Baku for 17 years, between January 30, 2001 and 2018.[3] He is married and has two sons.

References
  1. The Executive Power of Baku City. Head of BCEP Archived August 4, 2012, at WebCite
  2. "AZERBAIJANI PRESIDENT NAMES NEW BAKU MAYOR". 5 (22). RFE/RL. February 1, 2001. Retrieved March 5, 2010.
  3. AssA-Irada Agency periodicals Archived August 28, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
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