İsa Qəmbər

İsa Qəmbər

İsa Yunis oğlu Qəmbər (alternative Azerbaijani spelling İsa Yunis oğlu Qämbär ; former Russian form of the name Issa Gambarow ; born February 24, 1957 in Baku , Azerbaijani SSR ) is an Azerbaijani politician and chairman of the equality party ( Müsavat Partiyası ), one of the strongest opposition parties .

Life

After graduating from Baku University No. 62 in 1974 , İsa Qəmbər graduated from the Faculty of History at Baku State University (BSU) in 1979 . He then worked from 1979 to 1982 at the Nakhchivan Research Center. After that, Qəmbər worked at the Azerbaijan Academy for Science and Research at the Institute for Oriental Studies between 1982 and 1990 .

İsa Qəmbər speaks Azerbaijani , English , Russian and Turkish . He is married and has two sons. His wife Aide Bagirova has a doctorate in history and works as a lecturer at Baku State University.

politics

İsa Qəmbər is the founder of the Popular Front of Azerbaijan (PFA); between 1989 and 1991 he was its director and from 1990 to 1991 its deputy chairman. Qəmbər was a member of parliament in 1990 and chairman of the parliamentary committee on foreign relations between 1991 and 1992. In 1992 he was elected chairman by the Müsavat Congressional Renewal Committee. In May 1992, he was elected speaker of parliament , the National Assembly.

From June 16, 1992 İsa Qəmbər was the incumbent President of Azerbaijan . In doing so, he prepared the country for democratic elections . On June 13, 1993, he was replaced by the democratically elected President of Azerbaijan. On July 16, 1993, Qəmbər was arrested by the rebel forces, which, led by Heydər Əliyev , seized power .

In 1999, Qəmbər co-founded and from 2001 to 2003 chaired the Democratic Congress, which included all leading political parties in Azerbaijan. In 2000 he was ( "a friend as" A Friend of Journalists " Press Award"). In 2003, Qəmbər was the only presidential candidate for the opposition electoral bloc “Bizim Azərbaycan” (“Our Azerbaijan”), which united more than 30 parties .

Web links

• İsa Qəmbər website (English, Azerbaijani )