Honorific-Prefix: | D.Sc. |
Fazail Agamali | |
Honorific-Suffix: | Member of the National Assembly |
Office1: | Member of the National Assembly |
Term Start1: | 1995 |
Constituency1: | Sumgait City (1995), Yevlakh Rayon (2000), Salyan Rayon (2005, 2010, 2015, 2020) |
Office2: | Acting Minister of Labour and Social Protection of the Population |
President2: | Heydar Aliyev |
Term Start2: | 1993 |
Term End2: | 1994 |
Office3: | Deputy Minister of Labour and Social Protection of the Population |
Term Start3: | 1992 |
Term End3: | 1993 |
Office4: | Leader of the Motherland Party |
Term Start4: | 1990 |
Birth Date: | 27 August 1947 |
Birth Place: | Sisian, Armenian SSR |
Birthname: | Fazail Rahim ogly Agamali |
Nationality: | Azerbaijani |
Party: | Motherland Party |
Residence: | Baku |
Alma Mater: | Baku State University |
Profession: | historian; politician |
Awards: | Shohrat Order |
Native Name Lang: | az |
Fazail Rahim ogly Agamali (Azerbaijani: Fəzail Rəhim oğlu Ağamalı; born 27 August 1947) is an Azerbaijani politician, historian and professor with a D.Sc. academic degree.[1] He is the founder and leader of the Motherland Party.[2] Agamali is a Member of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan since 1995.[3] He served as Deputy and Acting Minister of Labour and Social Protection of the Population between 1992 and 1994.[4]
Fazail Agamali was born in the Sisian district of Armenian SSR on 27 August 1947. He got his first education in Dastakert high school.
He has completed his undergraduate studies at Baku State University between 1966 and 1971. During his studies, Agamali has become a member of the secret anti-Soviet student organization, which was demanding independence to Azerbaijan.[5]
In the early 70s, the KGB continually monitored him due to his anti-Soviet activities.[6] [7]
In 1972, Fazail Agamali was admitted to the graduate school of Baku State University and in 1980, he received the academic degree of Candidate of Historical Sciences.
He has given lectures in Nakhchivan State University, Azerbaijan Technological University and Azerbaijan State University of Economics as an associate professor from 1973 to 1990.[8]
In 2005, Fazail Agamali obtained the D.Sc academic degree in history.
Fazail Agamali took an active role in the independence movement in Azerbaijan between 1988 and 1990 and he was a prominent figure of the Azerbaijan Popular Front. However, several controversies arose between him and other movement leaders after the Black January incidents. The process concluded with the resignation of Fazail Agamali from the Popular Front. After these developments, supporters of Agamali demanded the formation of a new political party. Hence, on 24 November 1990 founding congress of the Motherland Party took place and Fazail Agamali was elected as the chairman of the party.[9]
Fazail Agamali had served as Deputy Minister of Labour and Social Protection of the Population in 1992–1993 and Acting Minister of Labour and Social Protection of the Population in 1993–1994.[10]
Fazail Agamali has been elected as the Member of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan in 1995, 2000, 2005, 2010, 2015, 2020 parliamentary elections.[11]
Agamali is a member of the Committee on Legal Policy and State Building, and deputy chairman of the Disciplinary Commission of the Member of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan. Furthermore, he is the leader of the Working Group for the Azerbaijani-Turkmen Interparliamentary Relations.[12]
Fazail Agamali is married and has three children.
On 25 August 2017, MP Fazail Agamali was awarded Shohrat Order by the President of Azerbaijan.[13] Agamali was awarded For service to the Fatherland Order on 25 August 2022 by the President of Azerbaijan.[14]