Yagub Mahmudov
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Yagub Mahmudov | |
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| Azerbaijani: Yaqub Mahmudov | |
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| Born | February 10, 1939 |
| Citizenship |  Azerbaijan |
| Alma mater | Baku State University |
| Awards | Full list |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | History |
| Institutions | Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences |
Yagub Mikayil oghlu Mahmudov (Azerbaijani: Yaqub Mikayıl oğlu Mahmudov; born February 10, 1939), also known as Yagub Mahmudlu, is an Azerbaijani historian, professor,[1] full member (academician) and advisor of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences,[2][3] honored scientist of Azerbaijan and Dagestan,[4][5] Laureate of State Prize of the Republic of Azerbaijan,[6][7] and head of the Department of History of the Ancient World and Middle Ages at the Faculty of History of the Baku State University.
Yagub Mahmudov was born in 1939 in the village of Bash Goynuk, Shaki district. He graduated with distinction from the Faculty of History of the Azerbaijan State University (now Baku State University) in 1962.[8]
He defended his thesis for a candidate's degree entitled "Mutual relations between the Aghgoyunlu state and the Republic of Venice (60-70s of the 15th century)" in 1966 and his doctoral thesis on "Mutual relations of Aghgoyunlu and Safavid states with the Western European countries (2nd half of 15th – early 17th centuries)" at the Scientific Council of the M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University in 1989.[9]
In 1966-1975, Yagub Mahmudov took office as scientific editor, senior scientific editor, head of editorial, and deputy editor-in-chief for scientific affairs at the Azerbaijani Soviet Encyclopedia. From 1968 to 1981, he worked as a senior teacher and then as an associate professor at Azerbaijan State Pedagogical University. In 1992-1993, Mahmudov was vice chairman of the Supreme Attestation Commission under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Azerbaijan and general director of "The Encyclopedia of Azerbaijan" Publishing-Polygraphy Union. In 1981-2004, he became an associate professor, head of department, deputy dean, and dean at the Faculty of History of Baku State University.[10]
From September 13, 2004, to January 22, 2021, Director of the Institute of History of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences.[11]
Scientific activity
He is an author of more than 1000 monographs, books, textbooks, scientific scientific-publicistic articles, and other publications, on the history of diplomacy of Azerbaijan different periods of Azerbaijani and world history.[12]
Besides the Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan, he is also a full member of the International Academy of Sciences of the Turkic World Studies, the International Aytmatov Academy, the International Academy of Modern Sciences named after Lutfi Zadeh, the International Academy of Economic and Social Sciences of Italy, the European Academy of Natural Sciences, the Boniface Academy of Italy, and the Israeli Independent Academy for Development of Sciences.[13][14]
Political activity
He was a member of the Political Council of the New Azerbaijan Party (YAP) and addressed the 1st and 3rd congresses of the YAP. In 2000, 2005, 2010, and 2015, he was elected to the Milli Majlis (Parliament) of the Republic of Azerbaijan. He was Heydar Aliyev’s and then Ilham Aliyev’s advocate in the presidential elections and accompanied them during several official state visits. He is a member of the YAP Veterans Council.[15]