Javanshir Feyziyev

Javanshir Feyziyev (Azerbaijani: Cavanşir Feyziyev) (20 July 1963, Shaki, Azerbaijan) is the Deputy of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan (V convocation), Member of the Committee on Cultural issues, and the Committee on İnternational and İnterparliamentary Relations.

Early life and education

Javanshir Feyziyev was born 20 July 1963 in the village Boyuk Dehna in Shaki, Azerbaijan. He went to Secondary School in Boyuk Dehna between 1970 and 1977 and later continued his education at the math-oriented boarding school in Turan settlement from 1977 to 1980. He was drafted to military service in Kazakhistan serving from 2006 to 2007.

He graduated from Azerbaijan University of Languages with a degree in Translation and Interpreting in 1991. He worked at Azerbaijan University of Languages as a teacher in the Faculty of Translation & Interpreting from 1992 to 1994. He then joined the medical humanitarian organization Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors without Borders) in 1994 serving as a translator and administrator. From 1995 to 1998, he was the Head of the Department in the Caucasus representative office of the USA headquartered Philip Morris Company. He was also the founder and director of the «Planet Co. Ltd» company. From 2002 to 2010 he worked as a Co-founder and General Director of AvroMed Company. Feyziyev was also the founder of «Tour-Invest» company, and the founder and chief editor of «Discovery Azerbaijan» popular science journals. In 2013 he was elected to the Board of the Press Council of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

Scientific activities

From 2004 to 2009, he was a PhD student at the Philosophy, Sociology and Law Institute of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences. In October 2009, he defended his dissertation on "Moral aspects of ethno-political conflicts" and received a PhD degree.

In 2002, his book titled "Ethno-political conflicts in the Caucasus and their impact on the state independence" was published in English. In 2008, his book titled "Peace Philosophy" and in 2013 the book titled "The Union of the Turkish States: the Eurasian Model of Global Integration" were translated into Azerbaijani and published. The book titled "The Union of the Turkish States: Eurasian Model of Global Integration" was translated into Turkish, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Russian, Bosnian and Hungarian in 2014-2017 and published in abovementioned countries.

More than 60 scientific articles have been published in various Azerbaijani, Turkish, Ukrainian and Russian scientific publications. He is the author of more than 100 historical, social and political articles published in periodicals in Azerbaijan, Turkey, Ukraine, Russia, Serbia, France and Pakistan. He can speak in Azerbaijani, Russian, Turkish, French and English fluently.

Political career

Javanshir Feyziyev served as a MP from Shaki constituency from 2010 to 2015. While in office, he was a member of the International and Interparliamentary Relations Committee of the National Assembly of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

Feyziyev was the member of working groups of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan with France, Switzerland, Great Britain and Hungary and the head of the Azerbaijan-Uruguay Interparliamentary Friendship Group.

He is currently serving as a MP from Shaki constituency from 2015. He holds the various positions in the National Assembly of Azerbaijan:

• Member of the Committee on İnternational and İnterparliamentary Relations of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan;
• Head of the UK and Azerbaijan Interparliamentary working group, Deputy Head of France-Azerbaijan Interparliamentary working group, member of interparliamentary friendship groups between National Assembly of Azerbaijan and the parliaments of Hungary, Japan and Switzerland;
• Member of the delegation group of National Assembly of Azerbaijan in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Turkic Speaking Countries;
• Co-chair of the EU-Azerbaijan Parliamentary Cooperation Committee.

Social activity

In July 2013, he was elected as a member of the Board of the Press Council of the Republic of Azerbaijan at the Congress of Azerbaijani Journalists. He is the Chairman of the International Relations Commission of the Press Council of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

Honors

• 2005 – International “Laurels of Fame” award by the Europe Business Assembly (London, Oxford)
• 2010 – “Qızıl Qələm” (Golden Pen) in 2010.
• 2010 – “Uğur” (Success) National Award. He was awarded with “Uğur” National Prize, in 2010, for the active participation in implementation of the State Program on Social and Economic Development of the Regions and for the achievements acquired.
• 2014 – Honorary Ambassador of the city of Colmar of France in Azerbaijan in
• 2016 – Golden Medal of the International Turkish Academy.
• 2016 – “25th anniversary of Independence of Republic of Kazakhstan” medal, with the order of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan in 2016.
• 2018 – Turkic World Honor medal

See also

• National Assembly of Azerbaijan