Makhmud Mamed-Guliev | |
Native Name: | Махмуд Ахмедович Мамед-Гулиев |
Native Name Lang: | ru |
Status: | Incumbent |
Term Start: | 14 September 1993 |
Term Start2: | 25 November 1993 |
Term End2: | 25 May 2001 |
Term Start3: | 25 November 1993 |
Term End3: | 25 May 2001 |
Term Start4: | 25 November 1993 |
Term End4: | 25 May 2001 |
Term Start5: | 25 November 1993 |
Term End5: | 25 May 2001 |
Term Start6: | 25 November 1993 |
Term End6: | 25 May 2001 |
Predecessor6: | Position established |
Birth Name: | Makhmud Akhmedovich Mamed-Guliev |
Birth Date: | 15 February 1949 |
Birth Place: | Kirovabad, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union (now Gyandzha, Azerbaijan) |
Nationality: | Azerbaijani |
Children: | 3 |
Relatives: | Geydar Aliyev (father-in-law) Zarifa Aliyeva (mother-in-law) |
Occupation: | Diplomat, politician |
Makhmud Akhmedovich Mamed-Guliev (Russian: Махмуд Ахмедович Мамед-Гулиев, born 15 February 1949) is an Azerbaijani diplomat and politician who has been serving as the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs since 1993.
Born in Kirovabad (now Gyandzha) in 1949,[1] Mamed-Guliev attended Baku State University where he studied law.[2] [3] Following the graduation, he worked as a lecturer at there from 1972 to 1974.[2] He then served as the chairman of the Board of Directors of the Commercial Bank from 1992 to 1993.[2]
On 14 September 1993, Mamed-Guliev was appointed Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs.[4] About 2 months later, he was also appointed Ambassador of Azerbaijan to the United Kingdom, Ireland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark.[5] He served the position until being recalled on 25 May 2001.[6]
Mamed-Guliev also contested as an independent candidate for Nakhichevan 3rd constituency at the 1995 election, which he was elected.[3]
Mamed-Guliev married Sevil Aliyeva, daughter of the former president Geydar Aliyev and the elder sister to the incumbent president Ilkham Aliyev.[7] [8] They have a daughter, who frequently made phone calls to Kremlin, where Geydar was working during the Soviet era.[8] One day, she was invited to Kremlin to have a tea with Geydar, and she went with Sevil.[8] Despite this, Sevil later revealed that her daughter could go there without her.[8]
He can speak Azerbaijani, Russian and English.[2]