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Elshad Isgandarov

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Elshad Isgandarov
Elşad İsgəndərov
Chairman of State Committee for Work with Religious Organizations of Azerbaijan Republic
In office
May 31, 2012 – May 2, 2014
PresidentIlham Aliyev
Preceded byHidayat Orujov
Succeeded byMubariz Gurbanli
Personal details
Born (1972-05-21) May 21, 1972 (age 52)
Baku, Azerbaijan SSR (now Azerbaijan)

Elshad Isgandarov (Azerbaijani: Elşad Hüseyn oğlu İsgəndərov; born May 21, 1972) - Azerbaijani politician, former Chairman of State Committee for Work with Religious Organizations of Azerbaijan Republic.

Elshad Isgandarov was born on May 21, 1972, in Baku. He graduated from the faculty of History of Baku State University with honor in 1993. He received an MA degree in international affairs from the University of Columbia, US (2002-2004).

In 1993-1995, he was editor of the History journal of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences. In 1995, he was one of the co-founders of the National Assembly of Youth Organizations of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Later, he was deputy chairman of the National Assembly. From 1999, he worked at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan. In 2000-2005, he was the First Secretary at the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the UN. In March 2009, he received the rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary under the decree of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan.[1] On May 31, 2012, Amb. Iskandarov was appointed Chairman of the State Committee on Religious Associations of the Republic of Azerbaijan.[2]

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