Mukhtar Bahadur oghlu Babayev (Azerbaijani: Muxtar Bahadur oğlu Babayev, 16 October 1967) is an Azerbaijani politician who is Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan Republic. He has worked in various roles for the Azerbaijan state-owned oil company SOCAR since the 1990s.[1]
Mukhtar Babayev | |
|---|---|
Muxtar Babayev | |
 Babayev in 2018 | |
| Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources | |
| Assumed office 23 April 2018 | |
| President | Ilham Aliyev |
| Preceded by | Huseyngulu Baghirov |
| Member of the National Assembly for Sumgait's 3rd constituency | |
| In office 30 November 2010 – 23 April 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Nizami Iskandarov |
| Succeeded by | Emin Hajiyev |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 October 1967 Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR |
| Citizenship |  Soviet Union Azerbaijan |
| Political party | New Azerbaijan Party |
| Education | Moscow State University (1991) Azerbaijan State University of Economics (1994) All-Russian Academy of Foreign Trade (2000) |
| Awards |    |
The Azerbaijan government appointed Babayev as president of COP29, the 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference.[1][2]
Biography edit
Mukhtar Babayev was born on October 16, 1967, in Baku. He graduated from high school in Baku in 1984 and served in the military between 1986 and 1988. In 1991, he graduated from Moscow State University, majoring in political science. In 1994, he received bachelor degree in Foreign Economic Relations of Azerbaijan State University of Economics. In 2000, he graduated from the specialty in World Economy of All-Russian Academy of Foreign Trade.
Political career edit
In 1991-1992 he worked at Azerbaijan's State Committee for Economy and Planning He worked at the Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations in 1992-1993.
He worked SOCAR, the Azerbaijan state-owned petroleum company from 1994 to 2018. From 2007 to 2010, he was the company's Vice President for Ecology.[3]
He is a member of the ruling New Azerbaijan Party. In the 2010 and 2015 Azerbaijan parliamentary elections, Babayev was elected a deputy of National Assembly of Azerbaijan Republic.[4][5] While in the assembly, he was on the Natural Resources, Energy and Ecology committee.[4]
In 2013, Babayev became a member of the supervisory board of Sumgayit FK[6] and left in 2020.[7]
He was appointed to the position of Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan Republic on April 23, 2018. He is the head of the Azerbaijan-Japan interparliamentary relations working group, a member of the working groups on relations with the parliaments of Belarus, Chile, China, Afghanistan, Sweden, Lithuania, Libya, the Netherlands, Uzbekistan, Peru, and Russia.[4]
On January 7, 2024, Azerbaijan's ruler Ilham Aliyev appointed Babayev to be president of COP29, the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.[8]
Awards edit
- Taraggi Medal — 19 September 2012[9]
- Shohrat Order — 7 November 2017[10]
- Order of the Rising Sun, 2nd Class, Gold and Silver Star — 29 April 2022[11]
References edit
- ^ a b "Climate change: Former oil executive Mukhtar Babayev to lead COP29 talks in Azerbaijan". BBC. 2024-01-05.
- ^ "Azerbaijan minister and state oil company veteran to lead COP29 climate talks". Reuters. 2024.
- ^ "Rəhbərlik". eco.gov.az. Archived from the original on 20 October 2019. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
- ^ a b c "BABAYEV Muxtar Bahadur oğlu". National Assembly of Azerbaijan Republic (in Azerbaijani). Retrieved 2024-04-10.
- ^ "V Çağırış". National Assembly of Azerbaijan Republic (in Azerbaijani). Retrieved 2024-04-10.
- ^ ""Sumqayıt" futbol klubunun müşahidə şurası yaradılmışdır". azertag.az (in Azerbaijani). 2013-09-28.
- ^ "Muxtar Babayev "Sumqayıt" futbol klubunun Müşahidə Şurasından ayrılıb". report.az (in Azerbaijani). 2018-05-04.
- ^ "M.B.Babayevin Birləşmiş Millətlər Təşkilatının İqlim Dəyişmələri üzrə Çərçivə Konvensiyasının Tərəflər Konfransının 29-cu sessiyasının (COP29), Kioto Protokolunun Tərəflər Görüşünün 19-cu sessiyasının və Paris Sazişinin Tərəflər Görüşünün 6-cı sessiyasının Prezidenti müəyyən edilməsi haqqında Azərbaycan Respublikası Prezidentinin Sərəncamı » Azərbaycan Prezidentinin Rəsmi internet səhifəsi". president.az (in Azerbaijani). Retrieved 2024-01-07.
- ^ "Azərbaycan Respublikasının neft sənayesi işçilərinin təltif edilməsi haqqında Azərbaycan Respublikası Prezidentinin Sərəncamı". president.az. 19 September 2012. Archived from the original on 3 April 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
- ^ "Azərbaycan Respublikasında neft sənayesi işçilərinin təltif edilməsi haqqında AZƏRBAYCAN RESPUBLİKASI PREZİDENTİNİN SƏRƏNCAMI". e-qanun.az. 7 November 2017. Archived from the original on 13 October 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
- ^ "令和4年春の外国人叙勲 受章者名簿" (PDF). Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. Retrieved April 29, 2022.
External links edit
- "Prezidentin nazir təyin etdiyi Muxtar Babayevin bioqrafiyası". ikisahil.com. 24 April 2018. Archived from the original on 14 September 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
- "Yeni nazir Muxtar Babayev kimdir? - DOSYE". oxu.az. 23 April 2018. Archived from the original on 14 September 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
- "Muxtar Babayev ekologiya və təbii sərvətlər naziri təyin edilib". az.trend.az. 23 April 2018. Archived from the original on 14 September 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
- "Yeni nazir Muxtar Babayev kimdir? - DOSYE". news.milli.az. 23 April 2018. Archived from the original on 14 September 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
- "Muxtar Babayev". report.az. Archived from the original on 14 September 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2020.