Mukhtar Babayev
Azerbaijani: Muxtar Babayev
Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources
Assumed office
23 April 2018
PresidentIlham Aliyev
Preceded byHuseyngulu Baghirov
Member of the National Assembly
for Sumgait's 3rd constituency
In office
30 November 2010 – 23 April 2018
Preceded byNizami Iskandarov
Succeeded byEmin Hajiyev
Personal details
Born (1967-10-16) 16 October 1967
Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR
Citizenship Soviet Union
 Azerbaijan
Political partyNew Azerbaijan Party
EducationMoscow State University (1991)
Azerbaijan State University of Economics (1994)
All-Russian Academy of Foreign Trade (2000)
AwardsTaraggi Medal Shohrat Order ribbon bar

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]

The Azerbaijan government appointed Babayev as president of COP29, the 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference.[1][2]

Biography

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

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 fraudulent 2010 and 2015 Azerbaijan parliamentary elections, Babayev was elected a deputy of National Assembly of Azerbaijan Republic. While in the assembly, he was on the Natural Resources, Energy and Ecology committee

He was appointed to the position of Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan Republic on April 23, 2018.

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.[4]

Awards

References

  1. 1 2 "Climate change: Former oil executive Mukhtar Babayev to lead COP29 talks in Azerbaijan". BBC. 2024-01-05.
  2. ↑ "Azerbaijan minister and state oil company veteran to lead COP29 climate talks". Reuters. 2024.
  3. ↑ "Rəhbərlik". eco.gov.az. Archived from the original on 20 October 2019. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
  4. ↑ "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.
  5. ↑ "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.
  6. ↑ "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.
  7. ↑ "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.
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