{{Short description|Azerbaijani diplomat}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Elmar Mammadyarov | native_name = {{nobold|Elmar Məmmədyarov}} | image = Elmar Mammadyarov in 2019.jpg | office = Minister of Foreign Affairs | prime_minister = Artur Rasizade<br />Novruz Mammadov<br />Ali Asadov | president = Ilham Aliyev | term_start = 2 April 2004 | term_end = 16 July 2020 | predecessor = Vilayat Guliyev | successor = Jeyhun Bayramov | office1 = President of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe | term_start1 = 6 May 2014 | term_end1 = 13 November 2015 | predecessor1 = Sebastian Kurz | successor1 = Didier Reynders | title2 = Ambassador of Azerbaijan to Italy | term_start2 = 2 July 2003 | term_end2 = 2 April 2004 | predecessor2 = Rufat Aghayev | successor2 = Emil Karimov | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|7|2|df=y}} | birth_place = Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union<br />{{small|(now Azerbaijan)}} | death_date = | death_place = | party = Independent | alma_mater = National University of Kyiv<br />Russian Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs | parents = Maharram Mammadyarov (father) | caption = Mammadyarov in 2019 }} '''Elmar Maharram oglu Mammadyarov''' ({{langx|az|Elmar Məhərrəm oğlu Məmmədyarov}}, {{IPA|az|elˈmɑɾ mæhæˈɾæm oɣˈlu mæmædˈjɑɾov|IPA}}; born July 2, 1960) is an Azerbaijani diplomat who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan between 7 April 2004 and 16 July 2020.

==Early life== Mammadyarov was born in Baku, then part of the Azerbaijan SSR, on July 2, 1960. His father, Maharram Mammadyarov, was born in Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic. He studied at the School of International Relations and International Law of the Kyiv State University in 1977-1982.<ref name="Elmar">{{cite web |title=Minister - Elmar Maharram oglu Mammadyarov |url=http://www.mfa.gov.az/eng/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14&Itemid=27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706131939/http://mfa.gov.az/eng/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14&Itemid=27 |archive-date=6 July 2011 |access-date=6 May 2011 |publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan}}</ref> He continued his education at the Diplomatic Academy of the MFA of USSR in 1988-1991 and obtained a PhD in History. In 1989-1990, Mammadyarov was appointed as exchange scholar at the Center for Foreign Policy Development of the Brown University.<ref name=Elmar />

== Political career == Mammadyarov started his diplomatic career in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Azerbaijani SSR in 1982. He served there as second and first secretary until 1988. During 1991 and 1992, he was the Director of the State Protocol Division.<ref name=Elmar /> From 1992 to 1995, Mammadyarov worked in the Permanent Mission of Azerbaijan to the United Nations in New York. Upon completion of his duties he returned to Baku and from 1995 to 1998 he was the deputy director of the Department of International Organizations in the Ministry. From 1998 to 2003, he served as counselor at the Embassy of Azerbaijan to the United States. In 2003, Mammadyarov was appointed as Ambassador to Italy.<ref>{{cite web|title=ПОЛИТИЧЕСКАЯ ЭЛИТА |url=http://kapitalist-news.ru/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=784&Itemid=47 |access-date=6 May 2011 }} {{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

=== As foreign minister === On 2 April 2004, he was appointed as the Minister of Foreign Affairs.<ref name="Elmar" /> During his tenure as foreign minister, Mammadyarov was involved in multiple political activities. Under his position, Azerbaijan took over Chairmanship of the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers from Austria for six months in 2014.<ref name="coeau">{{cite web |title=Austria hands over chairmanship to Azerbaijan |url=https://www.coe.int/en/web/portal/cm-chairmanship-azerbaijan/-/asset_publisher/JaU4FbF8dw9k/content/committee-of-ministers-chairman-azerbaijani-foreign-minister-mammadyarov-presents-communication-to-pace |access-date=20 March 2018 |publisher=coe.int |language=en}}</ref> On June 23, he presented communication to PACE. In his overview, he stressed on combating corruption and manipulation of sports competitions.<ref name="coe">{{cite web |title=Committee of Ministers' Chairman, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Mammadyarov, presents communication to PACE |url=https://www.coe.int/en/web/portal/news-2014/-/asset_publisher/o7J4kBL595Ox/content/committee-of-ministers-chairman-azerbaijani-foreign-minister-mammadyarov-presents-communication-to-pa-1 |access-date=20 March 2018 |publisher=coe.int |language=en}}</ref> Elmar Mammadyarov is also chairperson of the National Commission of the Republic of Azerbaijan for UNESCO.<ref name="mfa">{{cite web |title=Azərbaycan və YUNESKO |url=http://www.mfa.gov.az/content/556 |access-date=20 March 2018 |publisher=mfa.gov.az |language=az}}</ref><ref name="unesco">{{cite web |title=National Commission of the Republic of Azerbaijan for UNESCO |url=http://www.unesco.org/ncp/index.php?module=national_commissions&lc=E&rid=230 |access-date=20 March 2018 |publisher=www.unesco.org |language=en}}</ref>

===Dismissal=== He was dismissed in July 2020 after President Aliyev criticized his absence in office during that month's Armenian–Azerbaijani skirmishes.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://eurasianet.org/azerbaijan-fires-foreign-minister| title = Azerbaijan fires foreign minister {{!}} Eurasianet}}</ref> On 16 July, Aliyev conducted an online meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers, where he criticized the Foreign Ministry for being unable to find Mammadyarov in the early stages of the crisis. Stating that while "the Prime Minister is at work, I am at work until the morning, the Minister of Defense, the Chief of General Staff, as well as the Chief of the State Security Service, the Minister of Internal Affairs, the Chief of the Foreign Intelligence Service, and the Secretary of the Security Council are at work until the early hours of the morning", Aliyev asked about the Foreign Minister's whereabouts, to which Prime Minister Ali Asadov replied that Mammadyarov was "working from home".<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://report.az/xarici-siyaset/ilham-eliyev-xarici-isler-nazirini-tapa-bilmedim/ |title=Prezident XİN-in fəaliyyətindən narazıdır: "Mən Xarici İşlər nazirini tapa bilmədim" |agency=Report Information Agency |date=16 July 2020 |archive-date=16 July 2020 |access-date=16 July 2020 |language=az |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200716075941/https://report.az/xarici-siyaset/ilham-eliyev-xarici-isler-nazirini-tapa-bilmedim/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Mammadyarov was dismissed from his position a few hours later.<ref>{{Cite web |first=Ilham |last=Aliyev |author-link=Ilham Aliyev |url=https://president.az/articles/39689 |title=E.M.Məmmədyarovun Azərbaycan Respublikasının Xarici işlər naziri vəzifəsindən azad edilməsi haqqında Azərbaycan Respublikası Prezidentinin Sərəncamı |website=president.az |publisher=Official website of President of the Republic of Azerbaijan |date=16 July 2020 |archive-date=16 July 2020 |access-date=16 July 2020 |language=az |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200716170042/https://president.az/articles/39689 |url-status=live }}</ref> Jeyhun Bayramov was appointed as his successor.<ref>{{Cite web |first=Ilham |last=Aliyev |author-link=Ilham Aliyev |url=https://president.az/articles/39691 |title=C.Ə.Bayramovun Azərbaycan Respublikasının Xarici işlər naziri təyin edilməsi haqqında Azərbaycan Respublikası Prezidentinin Sərəncamı |website=president.az |publisher=Official website of President of the Republic of Azerbaijan |date=16 July 2020 |archive-date=16 July 2020 |access-date=16 July 2020 |language=az |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200716113603/https://president.az/articles/39691 |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Personal life == His mother, Izida Ibrahimbeyova, is the daughter of Fuad Ibrahimbeyov. His father, Maharram Mammadyarov, is a doctor of chemical sciences, a full member of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences. Elmar Mammadyarov is married to Kamilla Mammadyarov, they have children named Emin and Riad.<ref>[https://teleqraf.com/news/hadise/135207.html Nazirin anası danışdı: "1–2 günə buraxılacaq…"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220323115257/https://teleqraf.com/news/hadise/135207.html|date=2022-03-23}} teleqraf.com, 8. may 2017</ref><ref>[http://www.islamazeri.com/kimkimdir/meherrem-memmedyarov-kimdir--36655.html Məhərrəm Məmmədyarov kimdir?] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220827095028/http://www.islamazeri.com/kimkimdir/meherrem-memmedyarov-kimdir--36655.html|date=2022-08-27}} islamazeri.com,</ref> Mammadyarov speaks Russian, English, Azerbaijani, and Turkish.<ref name="Elmar" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Elmar Məmmədyarovun Bioqrafiyasi |url=http://www.adam.az/az.php?subaction=showfull&id=1217614208&archive=&start_from=&ucat=5,42&go=headlines&category=42 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110903072041/http://www.adam.az/az.php?subaction=showfull&id=1217614208&archive=&start_from=&ucat=5,42&go=headlines&category=42 |archive-date=2011-09-03 |access-date=2011-05-06 |publisher=Adam.az}}</ref>

== Awards ==

* For service to the Fatherland Order, first degree (9 July 2019)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Elmar Mammadyarov awarded with Order "for service to the Fatherland" |url=https://report.az/siyasi-xeberler/daxili-siyaset/elmar-memmedyarov-vetene-xidmete-gore-ordeni-ile-teltif-olunub/ |access-date=2019-07-09 |website=Report İnformasiya Agentliyi |language=az}}</ref> * Order of Merit, 1st class (Ukraine, 19 August 2006)<ref>{{Cite web |title= УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАИНЫ № 698/2006 - Официальное представительство Президента Украины|url=http://www.president.gov.ua/ru/documents/4873.html}}</ref> * Commander of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland (Poland, 2009)<ref>{{Cite web |title= Президент Польши наградил азербайджанских министров - ОБНОВЛЕНО - ФОТО|date=17 October 2009 |url=https://news.day.az/politics/177076.html}}</ref> * Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit (Hungary, 2018)<ref>{{Cite web |title= Эльмар Мамедъяров награжден орденом Венгрии &#124; Новости политики|url=https://moscow-baku.ru/news/politics/elmar_mamedyarov_nagrazhden_ordenom_vengrii/}}</ref> * Order of the Grand Commander (Columbia, 2012) * Medal “25 years of independence of the Republic of Kazakhstan” (Kazakhstan, 2017)<ref>{{Cite web |title= Главе МИД Азербайджана Эльмару Мамедъярову посол Казахстана вручил медаль &#124; Новости политики|url=http://moscow-baku.ru/news/politics/glave_mid_azerbaydzhana_elmaru_mamedyarovu_posol_kazakhstana_vruchil_medal/}}</ref>

==See also== *List of foreign ministers in 2017

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{commons category}} *[http://www.mfa.gov.az Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan] *[http://www.today.az/news/politics/31430.html Mammadyarov meets Chinese delegation] *[http://www.today.az/news/politics/28513.html Elmar Mammadyarov: "We are rather speaking of a poll"] *[https://www.rferl.org/a/1058945.html Azerbaijan: Armenia Denies Agreeing To Leave Seven Occupied Districts]

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