Makhmud Mamed-Guliev


Makhmud Akhmedovich Mamed-Guliev is an Azerbaijani diplomat and politician who has been serving as the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs since 1993.

Career

Born in Kirovabad in 1949, Mamed-Guliev attended Baku State University where he studied law. Following his graduation, he worked as a lecturer there from 1972 to 1974. He then served as the chairman of the Board of Directors of the Commercial Bank from 1992 to 1993.
On 14 September 1993, Mamed-Guliev was appointed Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs. About 2 months later, he was also appointed Ambassador of Azerbaijan to the United Kingdom, Ireland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark. He served the position until being recalled on 25 May 2001.
Mamed-Guliev also contested as an independent candidate for Nakhichevan 3rd constituency at the 1995 election, which he was elected.

Personal life

Mamed-Guliev married Sevil Aliyeva, daughter of the former president Heydar Aliyev and the elder sister to the incumbent president Ilham Aliyev. They have a daughter, who frequently made phone calls to Kremlin, where Heydar was working during the Soviet era. One day, she was invited to Kremlin to have a tea with Heydar, and she went with Sevil. Despite this, Sevil later revealed that her daughter could go there without her.
He can speak Azerbaijani, Russian and English.

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