10 Notable alumni of
Azerbaijan University of Languages
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The Azerbaijan University of Languages is 2293rd in the world, 562nd in Asia, and 9th in Azerbaijan by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 10 notable alumni from the Azerbaijan University of Languages sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Garry Kasparov
- Enrolled in the Azerbaijan University of Languages
- Studied in 1986
- Occupations
- criticjournalistchess playerpoliticianwriter
- Biography
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Garry Kimovich Kasparov is a Russian chess grandmaster, former World Chess Champion (1985–2000), political activist and writer. His peak FIDE chess rating of 2851, achieved in 1999, was the highest recorded until being surpassed by Magnus Carlsen in 2013. From 1984 until his retirement from regular competitive chess in 2005, Kasparov was ranked world no. 1 for a record 255 months overall. Kasparov also holds records for the most consecutive professional tournament victories (15) and Chess Oscars (11).
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Novruz Mammadov
- Occupations
- politiciandiplomatlinguist
- Biography
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Novruz Ismayil oglu Mammadov is an Azerbaijani politician and translator who served as Prime Minister of Azerbaijan from April 2018 to October 2019. He previously held the title as assistant to the President for Foreign Policy Issues and Head of Department of Foreign Policy.
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Azad Rahimov
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Azad Arif oglu Rahimov was an Azerbaijani politician who served as the Minister of Youth and Sports of Azerbaijan Republic.
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Abulfaz Garayev
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Abulfas Mursal oglu Garayev is an Azerbaijani politician, who served as the Minister of Culture of Azerbaijan.
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Könül Nurullayeva
- Enrolled in the Azerbaijan University of Languages
- Studied in 2009
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Konul Oruj gizi Nurullayeva - parliamentarian of the 6th convocation of the National Assembly of the Republic of Azerbaijan Head of the International Relations Department of the National Olympic Committee of Azerbaijan (2009-2016), the member of the Committee on Gender Equality in Sports of ISSF since 2018, member of the Executive Committee of the Islamic Solidarity Sports Federation, Head of the Azerbaijani delegation at the Winter Olympic Games Vancouver 2010 and Sochi 2014, Executive Director of the “Baku 2020” Organizing Committee, Secretary of the Organizing Committee of the Islamic Solidarity Games “Baku 2017”, first vice-president of the World Alpagut Federation since 2022, member of the Azerbaijani delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), Head of the working group on Azerbaijani-Croatian Interparliamentary relations.
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Elchin Shikhly
- Occupations
- journalistwriter
- Biography
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Elchin Shikhly is the creator and editor-in-chief of "Ayna"-"Zerkalo" newspapers since 2001. He is a member of the Azerbaijani Writers' Union since 1989, and is the chairman of the Azerbaijani Journalists' Union since 2006.
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Rena Effendi
- Occupations
- international forum participantphotographerarchitectural photographer
- Biography
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Rena Effendi is an Azerbaijani freelance photographer. Her work focuses on themes of environment, post-conflict society, the effects of oil industry on people, and social disparity. As of 2019, she is based in Istanbul, Turkey.
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Sabina Khasayeva
- Years
- 1993-.. (age 30)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Sabina Samad gizi Khasayeva is an Azerbaijani politician who has been a member of the National Assembly since 2020. She was the youngest MP elected at the 2020 Azerbaijani parliamentary election.
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Anar Mammadli
- Occupations
- human rights activist
- Biography
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Anar Mammadli is a prominent human rights activist in Azerbaijan. He is active in observing and monitoring elections, and he has repeatedly criticized the conduct of elections by Azerbaijani authorities. On 16 December 2013, Mammadli was arrested and jailed, following outspoken criticism of presidential elections in October 2013. In spite of international protests, Mammadli was sentenced to more than 5 years in jail in May 2014. On 29 September 2014, while still in detention, Mammadli was awarded the Václav Havel Human Rights Prize by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, which honours "outstanding" action in defence of human rights.
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Elkhan Nuriyev
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Elkhan Nuriyev is a political scientist and a recognized expert on Russia, Eastern Europe, Caucasus, Central Asia and the Greater Middle East. He has published widely as a scholar, and he conducts regular briefings at the request of the international organizations and think tanks. He is frequently called on by government agencies, media, academic circles and private-sector institutions for comment and consulting on Russian foreign policy, Caucasus, wider Black Sea-Caspian Basin, Central Asia and regional security issues in post-Soviet Eurasia. In 2014, Nuriyev was a DAAD Senior Fellow at the German Council on Foreign Relations in Berlin. In 2015, he was a Humboldt Senior Fellow at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs in Berlin. In 2017, Elkhan Nuriyev served as Corridors Fellow for Dialogue and Cooperation at the Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies, Regensburg, Germany. He is a Global Energy Associate at the Brussels Energy Club and is also a Senior Expert on Russia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia at L&M Political Risk and Strategy Advisory in Vienna. In 2019, Nuriyev worked as a Humboldt Senior Fellow at Zentrum für Osteuropa- und internationale Studien (ZOiS) / Centre for East European and International Studies. In 2020, he was an Eastern Europe-Global Area (EEGA) Fellow at the Research Centre Global Dynamics, Leipzig University. In 2021, Elkhan Nuriyev worked as a Think Visegrad Visiting Fellow at the Institute for Foreign Affairs and Trade (IFAT) in Budapest.
