Fikrat Mammadov Fikrət Məmmədov |
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Minister of Justice of Azerbaijan | |
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Assumed office April 2000 |
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President | Heydar Aliyev, Ilham Aliyev |
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Born | 1955 Baku, Azerbaijan |
(age 57)
Religion | Islam |
Fikrat Mammadov Farrukh oglu (Azerbaijani: Fikrət Məmmədov Fərrux oğlu) is an Azerbaijani politician, currently Minister of Justice of Azerbaijan Republic.[1]
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Fikrat Mammadov was born in Baku in 1955. He graduated from Legal Department of Lomonosov Moscow State University in 1977 and from Social Management and Political Science Institute in 1989.[2] He started his career in 1977 as an assistant prosecutor and further took a number of positions in public prosecutor bodies and Central Committee of Communist Party of Azerbaijan SSR. After the collapse of Soviet Union Mammadov continued his career as a prosecutor in State Prosecutor's Office and Sumgayit City Prosecutor's Office in 1993-1994. Before being appointed Minister of Justice in April 2000, he was Deputy General Prosecutor of Azerbaijan Republic from 1994 until 2000.[2] Since 2005, Mammadov is a member of Anti-Corruption Commission under the Council of Management of Public Service of Azerbaijan Republic and Education Commission under the President of Azerbaijan Republic.[3] He is believed to have improved the judicial system of the country by bringing it in line with international standards.[4]
For his role in the development of justice bodies of Azerbaijan, Mammadov was awarded with Shohrat Order on June 30, 2005. He holds such titles as first-category justice inspector, member of International Lawyers' Association. Since 2006, he holds the position of vice-president of International Anti-Corruption Commission.[3]
Fikrat Mammadov is married and has 3 children.[3]