Abulfaz Elchibey

Əbülfəz Qədirqulu Elçibəy oglu ( Azerbaijani alternative spelling Äbülfäz Qädirqulu oglu Elçibäy; actually Əbülfəz Qədirqulu oglu Əliyev or Äbülfäz oglu Aliyev Qädirqulu; Russian Абульфаз Эльчибей / Abulfas Eltschibei; * June 24, 1938 in Nakhchivan City, Azerbaijan SSR; † 22 August 2000 Ankara ) was a politician azerbaijan and cultural scientists.

Life

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Elçibəy was born Əbülfəz Qədirqulu oglu Əliyev in the former Soviet Republic of Azerbaijan. With the beginning of his anti-communist activities, he changed his family name in Elçibəy.

Əbülfəz Elçibəy studied Arabic and oriental studies at the State University in Baku. End of the 1970s he was interned. This was due to his alleged " anti-Soviet " propaganda. In fact, he led russia critical discussions with his students. Elçibəy described the life of Azerbaijanis in the Soviet Union as an occupation.

He argued on the history faculty of the First Republic (1918-1920) and told about Məhəmməd Əmin Rəsulzadə, the first Azerbaijani head of state who went to the Soviet conquest of Azerbaijan in April 1920 to the Polish exile. Elçibəy himself was arrested and spent two years in prison. After the release of his teaching law was revoked. So Elçibəy continued to work at the Academy of Sciences in Baku, in the Department of Ancient scriptures.

Elçibəy specialized in the field of medieval Arab history and was a representative of the ideas about the solidarity of the Turkic and Finno -Ugric peoples. Besides his native Azerbaijani, he spoke fluent Arabic, Ottoman and Turkish. End of the 1980s Elçibəy became the leader of the Azerbaijani liberation movement that was created by the National Front of Azerbaijan Popular Front or.

From 7 June 1992 to June 25, 1993 was Elçibəy President of Azerbaijan. Under his leadership, Azerbaijan concluded a friendship agreement with Turkey and entered in October 1992 from the CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States). Likewise, he sat by the withdrawal of Russian troops from Azerbaijan.

During his presidency, the Cyrillic alphabet was replaced by the Latin alphabet in Azerbaijan.

Due to the defeats in the war over Nagorno-Karabakh, 1993, he was overthrown during a military revolt and by the former head of the Azerbaijan Communist Party and former head of the party Yeni Azərbaycan, Heydər Əliyev (no relation ), replaced.