Hajibala Ibrahim oglu Abutalybov (Azerbaijani: Hacıbala İbrahim oğlu Abutalıbov, born 13 May 1944) is an Azerbaijani politician. He was Mayor of Baku between 2001 and 2018 and deputy prime minister of Azerbaijan from 2018 to October 2019.

Hajibala Abutalybov
Hacıbala Abutalıbov
Abutalybov in 2012
5th Mayor of Baku
In office
30 January 2001 – 21 April 2018
Preceded byMuhammed Abbasov
Succeeded byEldar Azizov
Personal details
Born (1944-05-13) 13 May 1944 (age 79)
Krasnovodsk, Turkmen SSR, Soviet Union (now Turkmenistan)
Political partyNew Azerbaijan Party
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 served as Mayor of Baku for 17 years, between 30 January 2001 and 2018.[3] He is married and has two sons.

References edit

  1. ^ The Executive Power of Baku City. Head of BCEP Archived August 14, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "AZERBAIJANI PRESIDENT NAMES NEW BAKU MAYOR". Vol. 5, no. 22. RFE/RL. 2001-02-01. Retrieved 2010-03-05.
  3. ^ AssA-Irada Agency periodicals Archived August 28, 2008, at the Wayback Machine