Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Azerbaijan)
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan is a Cabinet-level governmental agency in Azerbaijan Republic in charge of conducting and designing Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan , officially the Republic of Azerbaijan is the largest country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia to the west, and Iran to...

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Foreign policy
A country's foreign policy, also called the foreign relations policy, consists of self-interest strategies chosen by the state to safeguard its national interests and to achieve its goals within international relations milieu. The approaches are strategically employed to interact with other countries...

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History

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan was established in 1918, during the first Republic of Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan Democratic Republic
The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic was the first successful attempt to establish a democratic and secular republic in the Muslim world . The ADR was founded on May 28, 1918 after the collapse of the Russian Empire that began with the Russian Revolution of 1917 by Azerbaijani National Council in...

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After the Bolsheviks occupied Azerbaijan in April, 1920, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was abolished and was replaced by Azerbaijan SSR People's Foreign Affairs Commissariat (PFAC). People's Foreign Affairs Commissariat, even if it did not have so serious authorities, implemented certain bilateral ties in foreign countries in 1920-1922, including Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

, where Azerbaijan SSR
Azerbaijan SSR
The Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic , also known as the Azerbaijan SSR for short, was one of the republics that made up the former Soviet Union....

 had its own ambassador
Ambassador
An ambassador is the highest ranking diplomat who represents a nation and is usually accredited to a foreign sovereign or government, or to an international organization....

, Ibrahim Abilov. People's Foreign Affairs Commissioners of Azerbaijan were Nariman Narimanov
Nariman Narimanov
Narimanov Nariman Karbalayi Najaf oglu was an Azerbaijani revolutionary, writer, publicist, politician and statesman. In 1920, Narimanov headed the Soviet government of Azerbaijan, the Provisional Military-Revolutionary Committee , replacing Mirza Davud Huseynov, then he was the Chairman of the...

 and Mirza Davud Huseynov
Mirza Davud Huseynov
Mirza Davud Baghir oglu Huseynov , also spelled Husseynov or Guseynov , was an Azerbaijani revolutionary and statesman.-Early life:Huseynov was born in a religious family in March 1894 in Baku...

. But PFAC was abolished with incorporation of Azerbaijan SSR into Transcaucasian SFSR
Transcaucasian SFSR
The Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic , also known as the Transcaucasian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, the Transcaucasian SFSR and the TSFSR for short, was a short-lived republic of the Soviet Union, lasting from 1922 to 1936...

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Towards the end of World War II, in 1944 the Soviet government restored Azerbaijan SSR PFAC. In 1946 PFAC was changed to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). But MFA still had not serious authorities. The last Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan SSR was Huseynaga Sadigov
Huseynaga Sadigov
Huseynaga Sadigov Musa oglu , also spelled as Huseynaga Sadikhov is an Azerbaijani politician and diplomat.-Early life:Sadigov was born on March 14, 1940 in Baku, Azerbaijan. In 1963, he graduated from Azerbaijan University of Languages named after Mirza Fatali Akhundov with a degree in European...

 who lead MFA as well during seven months of independent Azerbaijan Republic.

After Azerbaijan gained its independence, MFA has transformed into a complex Cabinet-level agency, in charge of designing and conducting Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan , officially the Republic of Azerbaijan is the largest country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia to the west, and Iran to...

i Foreign policy
Foreign policy
A country's foreign policy, also called the foreign relations policy, consists of self-interest strategies chosen by the state to safeguard its national interests and to achieve its goals within international relations milieu. The approaches are strategically employed to interact with other countries...

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Structure and Organization

Minister - H.E. Elmar Mammadyarov
Elmar Mammadyarov
Elmar Mammadyarov Maharram oglu , born on July 2, 1960, Baku), is the Foreign Minister in the Government of Azerbaijan since 2004. Mammadyarov speaks Russian, English and Turkish.-Early life:...

Office of the Minister
Ambassadors at Large

Department of State Protocol
Department of Consular Affairs
Secretariat of the UNESCO National Commission of Azerbaijan

Translation Section
Information Technologies Section

Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic

Deputy Minister Hafiz Pashayev
Hafiz Pashayev
Hafiz Pashayev Mir Jalal oglu is the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs at the Government of Azerbaijan since 2006.-Early life:Pashayev was born in Baku, Azerbaijan on May 2, 1941. In 1963, he has been graduated from the Physics Faculty of Azerbaijan State University...

Diplomatic Academy of MFA

Deputy Minister Araz Azimov
Araz Azimov
Araz Azimov Boyukagha oglu , is the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs at the Government of Azerbaijan since 1994.-Early life:Azimov was born in Baku, Azerbaijan on June 13, 1962. In between 1978-1984, he studied at the Oriental Studies faculty of, with the former name, Azerbaijan State...

 (multilateral and security affairs)
Department of Security Affairs
Department of Foreign Policy Planning and Strategic Studies

Deputy Minister Khalaf Khalafov
Khalaf Khalafov
Khalaf Khalafov Aly oglu , is the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs at the Government of Azerbaijan since 1997.-Early life:Khalafov was born in Jil village of Chambarak, Armenia SSR on September 21, 1959. He has been graduated from Kiev State University in 1982...

 (bilateral and legal affairs)
First (West) Territorial Department
Second (East) Territorial Department
Department of International Law and Treaties

Deputy Minister Mahmud Mammed-Guliyev (economic and humanitarian affairs)
Department of Economic Cooperation and Development
Department of Human Rights, Democratization and Humanitarian Affairs

Deputy Minister Nadir Huseynov (general affairs)
General Secretariat
Department of Press and Information Policy
Department of Human Resources
Department of Finance Department of Administrative Affairs

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