Ismat Abasov

Ismat Abasov Dursun oglu (born 25 May 1954) (Azerbaijani: Ismət Abasov Dursun oğlu) is an Azerbaijani politician who has served as Deputy Prime Minister of Azerbaijan since 2013.^[2]

Ismat Abasov Ismət Abasov
Minister of Food and Agriculture
In office 2004–2013
Deputy Prime Minister of Azerbaijan
In office 22 October 2013 – 21 April 2018
President	Ilham Aliyev
Personal details
Born	(1954-05-25) 25 May 1954 (age 71) Yerevan, Armenia[1]

Previously Abasov was First Deputy Minister of Agriculture from October 1997 to October 2004 and Minister of Agriculture from October 2004 to October 2013.

Early life and political career

Abasov was born and raised in Yerevan, Armenia, and is fluent in Armenian. He moved to Baku, Azerbaijan to study at the Azerbaijan State Economic University.^[3]

Abbasov was appointed as Minister of Agriculture in 2004^[2] and re-appointed as minister on 31 October 2008 in a government reshuffle.^[4]

Abasov also served as President of the Table Tennis Federation of Azerbaijan from December 2004 to February 2014.

Awards

Abasov was awarded with the Medal of Honour (Shohret) for his contribution to the development of the agrarian sector of Azerbaijan on 23 May 2014.^[5]

See also

• Cabinet of Azerbaijan
• Politics of Azerbaijan