The politician in the East lives in an atmosphere of constanttension and at any time can fall from the heights of power to the very bottom. In the countries of the former USSR, this is exacerbated by the old traditions of representatives of the party nomenclature. People like Abbas Abbasov, whose biography will be described below, deserve the closest attention, because the politician managed to occupy one of the most important posts in the government under the four presidents of Azerbaijan. Brightly standing out against the gray mass of officials, he made a huge number of both friends and enemies.
Biography Abbas Aydin oglu Abbasov begins hiscountdown in 1949 in the city of Kirovobad Azerbaijan SSR. He received his education at the Azerbaijan Agricultural Institute. The student chose a modest veterinary specialty as his future occupation.
After graduating from high school in 1971, he became conscientiouswork out your diploma at the Ministry of Agriculture of Azerbaijan. Here Abbas Aydin oglu Abbasov reached the post of senior veterinary at the republican laboratory and worked until 1979. Then a young promising specialist was appointed to the responsible position of director of the Baku Broiler Factory.
In 1982, in the biography of Abbas Abbasov comesunexpected turn. A native of Azerbaijan is transferred to far Uzbekistan, where he holds the position of deputy chairman of the republic’s poultry farming committee.
In Uzbekistan, a young statesmanAbbas Aydin oglu Abbasov faced serious difficulties. In 1989, there were massive cases of corruption and theft of property in the poultry farms of the southern republic. Along with other responsible persons, an Azerbaijani veterinarian was also imprisoned.
В то время власть центра заметно пошатнулась, и much already depended on the leaders of the republics. Islam Karimov became the head of Uzbekistan at that time. In order to rescue his countryman from the terrible central Asian zindan, Azerbaijani President Ayaz Mutalibov personally addressed Karimov, taking advantage of good relations with a long-time comrade. So Abbas Abbasov for the first and last time got to the places of imprisonment, having got off easy fright.
Returning to Azerbaijan, the former prisoner headed the Absheron Poultry Association, after which in 1990 he became the first secretary of the district party committee in the Absheron district.
Ayaz Mutalibov, the first president of Azerbaijan, is notHe forgot about his favorite and after the republic gained independence, he appointed the former “Uzbek poultry farmer” state advisor. At the same time, Abbas Abbasov is successfully running for parliament, having firmly taken his place in the political life of the country.
However, a native of Kirovobad in the first place puttheir ambitions, skillfully tacking between various political forces and entering into complex political alliances. He easily abandoned his former allies and always correctly estimated the current situation in the country.
The same Ayas Mutalibov did a lot forAbbasov, who appointed him in 1992 as deputy prime minister of the republic’s cabinet of ministers. This, however, did not prevent the burnt-out politician to practically surrender his former patron in a difficult situation for him. Almost in a matter of days, he went over to the camp of Mutalibov’s political opponents and became Elchibey’s loyal ally. However, this stab in the back of his savior was not the last in the biography of Abbas Abbasov.
A few years later, the Deputy Prime Minister of AzerbaijanHe undertook to fulfill the order of the third president Heydar Aliyev and went to Moscow, where Mutalibov was then hiding, to demand from the Russian authorities the extradition of the disgraced ex-head of state.
Political figure Abbas Abbasov alwaysstood out among his mediocre colleagues in the government. An excellent speaker, a skilled administrator, he eclipsed the figures of numerous chairmen of the cabinet in which he worked for almost fifteen years, having survived the rule of four presidents during this time. However, his political cynicism, lack of a guarantee of loyalty and opportunism were the reasons why Heydar Aliyev did not dare to entrust too much power to him.
He has always been the top candidate for the post.the prime minister, for some time even officially performed the duties of the head of the cabinet, but Aliyev always did not let a dangerous competitor too close to himself.
Abasov remained first deputy prime minister and under the son of the deceased Heydar Aliyev. Ilham also did not dare to leave the government without his permanent shadow leader.
Especially the leaders of Azerbaijan appreciatedAbbasov for his diplomatic qualities. He headed the committee on interethnic relations, the commission on economic relations with individual states. It was a political figure Abbas Aydin oglu Abbasov was able to negotiate with Yeltsin on maintaining close relations with Azerbaijan, despite the current conflict between the presidents of Russia and Azerbaijan.
Ведь в те годы шел реальный разговор о введении visa regime, the full closure of borders. Abbasov was able to convince the Russian leadership of the rashness of such a step, and besides that he also managed to organize a massive supply of Russian weapons to the country.
A close friendship with the “gray cardinal” of the Yeltsin era, Berezovsky, enabled him to establish ties with the Chechen business and the criminal world.
Ilham Aliyev did not take risks and keep strongpolitician too close to real power. In 2006, the resignation of the permanent Deputy Prime Minister Abbas Abbasov. Given the scale of the figure, it was decided to organize a beautiful care policy. Otherwise, the young president of the republic risked getting an embittered opposition figure at his side. Abbasov himself, in turn, did not protest and showed complete loyalty, declaring himself a loyal soldier of the republic and the president and expressed readiness to return to work at any time.
Staying back home has become dangerous, too many enemies have been made by a politician with flexible principles.
