| Eldar Azizov | |
| Office: | 6th Mayor of Baku |
| Term Start: | November 15, 2018 |
| Predecessor: | Hajibala Abutalybov |
| Birth Date: | 28 June 1957 |
| Birth Place: | Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union |
| Nationality: | Azerbaijani |
| Party: | New Azerbaijan Party |
| Children: | 2 |
| Alma Mater: | Azerbaijan State University |
| Office2: | 4th Mayor of Sabail |
| Termstart2: | September 2, 2015 |
| Termend2: | July 16, 2018 |
| Predecessor2: | Asif Asgarov |
| Successor2: | Vugar Zeynalov |
| Office3: | 13th Mayor of Sumqayit |
| Termstart3: | February 18, 2011 |
| Termend3: | November 2, 2015 |
| Successor3: | Zakir Farajov |
| Predecessor3: | Vagif Aliyev |
| Office4: | 8th Mayor of Ganja |
| Termstart4: | April 8, 2003 |
| Termend4: | February 18, 2011 |
| Predecessor4: | Eyvaz Babayev |
| Successor4: | Elmar Valiyev |
| Office5: | 8th Mayor of Nizami |
| Termstart5: | June 28, 2000 |
| Termend5: | April 8, 2003 |
| Predecessor5: | Eldar Azimov |
| Successor6: | Abidin Farzaliyev |
| Native Name Lang: | az |
Eldar Aziz oghlu Azizov is the head of the Baku City Executive Power since November 15, 2018.[1]
He was born on 28 June 1957 in Baku to Aziz Azizov and Elmira Azizova. Maternally he is the great-grandson of Karim bey Mehmandarov and great-great-grandson of Bahman Mirza. He graduated with honors from the History Department of Azerbaijan State University named after Kirov in 1979. Starting from the same year, he held various responsible positions in the Central Committee of the Komsomol of Azerbaijan.
Since 1984, he worked as the first secretary of the Komsomol committee of 26 Baku Commissars district (now Sabail Raion, Baku), after 1987 - the first secretary of the Baku city committee. He was elected secretary of the Central Committee of the Komsomol of Azerbaijan in 1989 and after 1991, he worked as secretary of the Central Committee of the Azerbaijan Youth Union.
He was elected to Supreme Council of Azerbaijan (a predecessor to parliament) in 1990 from Nizami Raion.[2] After 8 years, he was appointed head of the department of international relations at the Central Election Commission of the Republic of Azerbaijan in 1998 and then following year, the first deputy chairman of the Department of Foreign Relations and Investment Programs of the Baku City Executive Power. Thus starting a chain of successive appointments to various city and district mayoralties.
His first job as mayor was in Nizami Raion where he served from 2000 to 2003. In 2003 - 2011 Eldar Azizov has served as a head of the Executive Power of Ganja (the second largest city of Azerbaijan), in 2011-2015 was the head of the Executive Power of Sumgait (the third largest city of Azerbaijan) and finally 2015-2018 as a head of the Executive Power of Sabail district. He is currently mayor of Baku, succeeding long time mayor Hajibala Abutalybov.
He is a member of Azerbaijan Journalists Union and honorary member Azerbaijan Architects Union. He is also an author of "Difai" - a book dedicated to a secret Azerbaijani organization in 1900s,[3] which was partly led by his great-grandfather Karim bey Mehmandarov. He authored at least 200 articles in various newspapers.[4]
He has been accused of culling the stray dogs of Baku by International Organization for Animal Protection.[5] He was known for ordering huge cakes in honor of birthday of Ilham Aliyev.[6] [7]