Hajibala Abutalybov

Hacıbala Ibrahim oglu Abutalıbov (Russian Гаджибала Абуталыбов / Gadschibala Abutalybow; born May 13, 1944 in Krasno, Turkmen SSR) is an Azerbaijani physicist and politician, and since 2001 the Mayor of Baku.

Life and career

Abutalıbov was born in 1944 in Krasno in today's Turkmenistan. He studied physics at the State University of Baku and graduated in 1965. From 1969 he worked at the Physical-Technical Institute " A. F. Joffe, " the Academy of Sciences of the USSR in Leningrad enrolled. In 1976 he completed his doctorate there. In the 1980s, he conducted research in Baku in the field of semiconductor technology .. In 1995 he was appointed Head of the Physics Laboratory Azerbaijan Academy of Sciences. In the same year he became district manager of the Baku district Suraxani, in this position he remained until 1999. 2000 was Abutalıbov Deputy Prime Minister of Azerbaijan. January 30, 2001, he is the reigning Mayor of Baku, capital of Azerbaijan.

Abutalıbov is married and has two children.