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Kursk

Kursk is a city and the administrative center of Kursk Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Kur, Tuskar, and Seym Rivers. The area around Kursk was site of a turning point in the Russian-German struggle during World War II and the site of the largest tank battle in history...

, Russian SFSR) is a Ukrainian

Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

 politician, since 2005 the President of FC Vorskla Poltava

FC Vorskla Poltava

FC Vorskla Poltava ,is a professional football team which plays in the Ukrainian Premier League and represents the city of Poltava.- History :...

, in 2010 Babayev was elected Mayor of Kremenchuk

Kremenchuk

Kremenchuk is an important industrial city in the Poltava Oblast of central Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of the Kremenchutskyi Raion , the city itself is also designated as a separate raion within the oblast, and is located on the banks of Dnieper River.-History:Kremenchuk was...

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Biography

Babayev is Chairman of JSC Kremenchukm'yaso

Kremenchukm'yaso

OJSC Kremenchukm'yaso is a Ukrainian Open Joint Stock Company that belongs to a Finances and Credit Group.-Sponsorship:Kremenchukm'yaso currently sponsor football Kremin and Vorskla....

 since 1998. Babayev was elected into the Ukrainian Parliament in the last Ukrainian parliamentary election

Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2007

Early parliamentary elections in Ukraine took place on 30 September 2007. The date of the election was determined following agreement between the President Viktor Yushchenko, the Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych and the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Oleksandr Moroz on 27 May 2007, in an attempt...

. Babayev was a member of All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland"; he left the party after being elected Mayor of Kremenchuk

Kremenchuk

Kremenchuk is an important industrial city in the Poltava Oblast of central Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of the Kremenchutskyi Raion , the city itself is also designated as a separate raion within the oblast, and is located on the banks of Dnieper River.-History:Kremenchuk was...

 (with 42,34% of the votes) late 2010 because he felt that "The mayor should be apolitical"..

Babayev is of Azeri decent.