Ali S. Hasanov Explained

Ali Hasanov
Əli Həsənov
Deputy Prime Minister of Azerbaijan
Term Start:18 November 1998
Term End:21 October 2019
Office2:Chairman of State Committee of Republic of Azerbaijan for Refugees and IDPs
Term Start2:18 November 1998
Term End2:21 April 2018
Successor2:Rovshan Rzayev
Birth Date:10 April 1948
Birth Place:Boyuk Marjanly, Jabrayil, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union

Ali Shamil oghlu Hasanov (Azerbaijani: Əli Şamil oğlu Həsənov) is an Azerbaijani politician who serves as the Deputy Prime Minister of Azerbaijan since 1998, former chairman of State Committee of Republic of Azerbaijan for Refugees and IDPs. He also chairs the State Committee for International Humanitarian Aid.[1]

Political career

Hasanov supervised provision of newly built housing for Azerbaijani refugees and IDPs and often travels to regions of Azerbaijan where the refugees had been settled after the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.[2] The scope of activity of the State Committee of Republic of Azerbaijan for Refugees and IDPs was enhanced by the former President of Azerbaijan Heydar Aliyev in September 1998 with the purpose of bettering the social conditions of the refugees and Ali Hasanov was appointed the chairman of the committee.[3]

As the chairman of the committee, Hasanov supervised large amounts of funding spent by the government and international organizations for needs of refugees. According to the chairman, $1.3 billion from the state budget, $850 million from the State Oil Fund of Azerbaijan and $738 million from international organizations was allocated in 2008.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Komitənin strukturu . Structure of the Committee . 2010-10-27.
  2. News: Qaçqın və Məcburi Köçkünlərin İşləri üzrə Dövlət Komitəsinin sədri Ağdam və Yevlaxda olub . The Chairman of the State Committee of Republic of Azerbaijan for Refugees and IDPs visited Agdam and Yevlakh regions . . Agdam . Teymur Zahidoglu . 2010-09-16 . 2010-10-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100918070330/http://az.apa.az/news.php?id=198712 . 18 September 2010 . dead . dmy-all .
  3. News: 87th anniversary of Heydar Aliyev was marked at State Committee of Republic of Azerbaijan for Refugees and IDPs . . Baku . A. Huseynbala . 2010-05-07 . 2010-10-27.
  4. News: Azeri government has spent $2.9 bn on the solution of the problems of the refugees . News.az . 2009-11-13 . 2010-10-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190415111624/https://news.az/articles/society/2332 . 2019-04-15 . dead .