Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Azerbaijan)

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan (Azerbaijani: Аzərbаycаn Rеspubliкаsının Xarici İşlər Nazirliyi) is a Cabinet-level governmental agency in Azerbaijan Republic in charge of conducting and designing Azerbaijani Foreign policy.

History

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan was established in 1918, during the first Republic of Azerbaijan.

After the Bolsheviks occupied Azerbaijan in April, 1920, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was abolished and was replaced by Azerbaijan SSR People's Foreign Affairs Commissariat (PFAC). People's Foreign Affairs Commissariat, even if it did not have so serious authorities, implemented certain bilateral ties in foreign countries in 1920-1922, including Turkey, where Azerbaijan SSR had its own ambassador, Ibrahim Abilov. People's Foreign Affairs Commissioners of Azerbaijan were Nariman Narimanov and Mirza Davud Huseynov. But PFAC was abolished with incorporation of Azerbaijan SSR into Transcaucasian SFSR.

Towards the end of World War II, in 1944 the Soviet government restored Azerbaijan SSR PFAC. In 1946 PFAC was changed to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). But MFA still had not serious authorities. The last Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan SSR was Huseynaga Sadigov who led MFA as well during seven months of independent Azerbaijan Republic.

After Azerbaijan gained its independence, MFA has transformed into a complex Cabinet-level agency, in charge of designing and conducting Azerbaijani Foreign policy.

Structure and organization

Minister - H.E. Elmar Mammadyarov

Office of the Minister

Ambassadors at Large

Department of State Protocol

Department of Consular Affairs

Secretariat of the UNESCO National Commission of Azerbaijan

Translation Section

Information Technologies Section

Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic

Deputy Minister Hafiz Pashayev

Diplomatic Academy of MFA

Deputy Minister Araz Azimov (multilateral and security affairs)

Department of Security Affairs

Department of Foreign Policy Planning and Strategic Studies

Deputy Minister Khalaf Khalafov (bilateral and legal affairs)

First (West) Territorial Department

Second (East) Territorial Department

Department of International Law and Treaties

Deputy Minister Mahmud Mammed-Guliyev (economic and humanitarian affairs)

Department of Economic Cooperation and Development

Department of Human Rights, Democratization and Humanitarian Affairs

Deputy Minister Nadir Huseynov (general affairs)

General Secretariat

Department of Press and Information Policy

Department of Human Resources

Department of Finance Department of Administrative Affairs

See also

• List of Foreign Ministers of Azerbaijan

External links

• Official website of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan (Azerbaijani) (English)

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