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Ayaz Mutalibov

Ayaz Mutallibov
Ayaz Mutalibov 1992.jpg
At the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, 1992.
President of Azerbaijan
In office
August 30, 1991 – March 6, 1992
Succeeded by Yaqub Mammadov
In office
May 14, 1992 – May 18, 1992
Preceded by Yaqub Mammadov
Succeeded by Isa Gambar
Full member of the 28th Politburo
In office
14 July 1990 – 29 August 1991
Personal details
Born Ayaz Niyazi oglu Mutallibov
(1938-05-12) May 12, 1938 (age 78)
Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union
Nationality Azerbaijani
Political party Azerbaijan Communist Party,
Social Democratic Party (Azerbaijan)
Spouse(s) Adila Mutallibova
Children 2
Religion Shia Islam

Ayaz Niyazi oglu Mutallibov (Azerbaijani: Ayaz Niyazi oğlu Mütəllibov, Russian: Аяз Ниязoвич Муталибов, born 12 May 1938, Baku) was the last leader of Soviet Azerbaijan, and the first President of independent Azerbaijan from October 1991 until May 1992.

Ayaz Mütallibov was born on May 12, 1938 in Baku to the family of a physician and later World War II veteran, Niyazi Aṣraf oğlu Mütallibov, and gynaecologist Kubra Mütallibova (died in 1988).

In 1956, Ayaz Mütallibov graduated from the secondary school #189 in Baku. During his youth he was fond of the music of Elvis Presley's and The Beatles. He was the member of the school volleyball team. In 1962, Mütallibov graduated from the Azerbaijan State Institute of Petroleum and Chemistry. In 1964, Mütallibov became the director of the Baku Refrigerator Factory, and in 1974, he was appointed as the General Director of "BakElectroBytMash" State Industrial Company.

Ayaz Mütallibov has been in exile in Moscow since 1992.

Mütallibov is married to Adila Mütallibova, has two sons, or rather had, Azad and Zaur, grandson Tahir and granddaughter Madina. His son Azad died of cancer on August 9, 2011 leaving only Zaur. Mutallibov arrived in Baku to attend his son’s funeral. It was his first visit to country after 1992.


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