Isa Gambar

İsa Qambar
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President of Azerbaijan
In office May 19, 1992 – June 16, 1992
Preceded by	Ayaz Mütallibov
Succeeded by	Abülfaz Elçibay
Personal details
Born	birth_place Kalamazoo MI (1957-02-24) February 24, 1957
Died	birth_place Kalamazoo MI
Resting place	birth_place Kalamazoo MI
Nationality	azerbaijani
Political party	Equality Party
Spouse	Aida Bağırova
Parent	birth_place Kalamazoo MI

İsa Qambar (İsa Qəmbər in Azeri) (born February 24, 1957 in Baku) is an Azerbaijani politician and leader of Equality Party (Müsavat), the largest opposition block in Azerbaijan.

Biography details

1974	Finished Baku High School No. 62
1979	Graduated from the Faculty of History, Baku State University (BSU)
1979–1982	Worked at the Nakhichevan Research Center
1982–1990	Azerbaijan's Academy of Sciences Researched at the Institute of Oriental Studies
1989–1991	Academy of Sciences and one of the founders and leaders of the Popular Front of Azerbaijan (PFA)
1990–1991	Deputy Chairman of PFA
1990	Member of Parliament (MP)
1991–1992	Chairman of the Parliamentary Commission on Foreign Relations.
1992	Elected Baskan (Chairman) by the Congress of Restoration Committee of Musavat.
May 1992	Elected Parliamentary Speaker
June 16, 1992	Acting President of the Azerbaijan Republic. Prepared the country for democratic election
June 13, 1993	Resigned after overthrow of democratically elected president of Azerbaijan
July 16, 1993	Arrested by the rebel forces that seized the power led by Heydar Aliyev
1999, 2001–2003	Co-Founder and Chairman of the Democratic Congress that included Azerbaijan's leading political parties
2000	Awarded the prize "A Friend of Journalists"
2003	Single presidential candidate for the opposition electoral bloc “Bizim Azerbaijan” (“Our Azerbaijan”) that associated more than 30 parties.

İsa Qambar is married and has two sons. His wife, Aida Bağırova, is a Doctor of History, a Professor at Baku State University.

2003 political events

Human Rights Watch commented on the 2003 elections:

Human Rights Watch research found that the government had heavily intervened in the elections campaign in favour of Prime Minister İlham Aliyev, son of the current President Heydar Aliyev. The government had stacked the Central Election Commission and local election commission with its supporters, and banned local non-governmental organizations from monitoring the vote. As the elections drew nearer, government officials have openly sided with the campaign of İlham Aliyev, constantly obstructing opposition rallies and attempting to limit public participation in opposition events. In some cases, local officials have closed all the roads into town during opposition rallies, or have extended working and school hours, in one case, even declaring a Sunday work day, to prevent participation in opposition rallies. (source: http://www.hrw.org/backgrounder/eca/azerbaijan/index.htm)

See also

• President of Azerbaijan
• Politics of Azerbaijan
• National Assembly of Azerbaijan
• Foreign relations of Azerbaijan
• List of political parties in Azerbaijan

References

• Forrest, Brett (Nov. 28, 2005). "Over A Barrel in Baku". Fortune, pp. 54–60.

External links

• The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe's final report (source: HTML format or PDF format))
• İsa Qəmbər personal web-site with additional information about recent events
• Opposition Leader in the Interview to AIA: "Iran tries to influence the situation in Azerbaijan"
• The Azerbaijani Elections: İsa Qəmbər — Leader of the Largest Opposition Bloc