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| {{Short description|Azerbaijani businessperson and lobbyist}} | |||
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| '''Tale Heydarov''' ({{langx|az|Tale Heydərov}}) is an ]i businessman and investor. | |||
| ⚫ | He founded the ], a lobbying group which was known for sponsoring luxurious trips for European politicians to travel to Azerbaijan and promoting the authoritarian regime in Azerbaijan. It has since closed.<ref name=":02">{{Cite web |last=Mammadova |first=Paul Radu, Khadija Ismayilova and Madina |title=The Influence Machine |url=https://www.occrp.org/en/azerbaijanilaundromat/the-influence-machine |access-date=2021-07-05 |website=OCCRP |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":12">{{Cite book |last=Broers |first=Broers Laurence |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BHgxEAAAQBAJ |title=Armenia and Azerbaijan: Anatomy of a Rivalry |date=2019-08-21 |publisher=Edinburgh University Press |isbn=978-1-4744-5055-3 |pages=220 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":22">{{Cite web |date=2013-11-24 |title=Plush hotels and caviar diplomacy: how Azerbaijan's elite wooed MPs |url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/24/azerbaijan-caviar-diplomacy-for-mps |access-date=2021-07-05 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}</ref> The group was involved in the ] scandal. Heydarov was also implicated in a 2018 investigation by the ] into companies that invested in secret across Europe through a Maltese bank.<ref name=":32">{{Cite web |date=2018-04-23 |title=Azeri ruling families linked to secret investments via Maltese bank |url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/23/azerbaijan-ruling-families-linked-to-secret-investments-via-maltese-bank |access-date=2021-07-05 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}</ref> | ||
| '''Tale Heydarov''' ({{lang-az|Tale Heydərov}}; born 9 February 1985) is an Azerbaijani businessperson and lobbyist. He is the son of ], the Azerbaijan minister for emergency situations.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|date=2013-11-24|title=Plush hotels and caviar diplomacy: how Azerbaijan's elite wooed MPs|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/24/azerbaijan-caviar-diplomacy-for-mps|access-date=2021-07-05|website=the Guardian|language=en}}</ref> | |||
| ⚫ | == Early life and education == | ||
| ⚫ | He founded the ], a lobbying group which was known for sponsoring luxurious trips for European politicians to travel to Azerbaijan and promoting the authoritarian regime in Azerbaijan. It has since closed. |
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| Heydarov attended ], London, from 2001 to 2003, and read for a BSc International Relations and History at the ] and Political Science (LSE) from 2003 to 2006. | |||
| He received a master's degree in International Security and Global Governance from ], in 2008. | |||
| ⚫ | == Early life == | ||
| He is the son of ], the Azerbaijan minister for emergency situations.<ref name=":2" /> BBC News has described Kamaladdin Heydarov as among "the wealthiest and most powerful in the governing elite" in Azerbaijan.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2010-06-02|title=Azerbaijan boom benefits super-rich oil elite|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/10156909|access-date=2021-07-05}}</ref> According to a 2010 leaked US diplomatic cable, Kamaladdin Heydarov accrued "massive wealth" as chairman of the Azerbaijan customs agency, “an agency that is notoriously corrupt, even by Azerbaijani standards.”<ref>{{Cite web|last=Chastand|first=Miranda Patrucic, Juliette Garside, Khadija Ismayilova, and Jean-Baptiste|title=Pilatus: A Private Bank for Azerbaijan’s Ruling Elite|url=https://www.occrp.org/en/thedaphneproject/pilatus-a-private-bank-for-azerbaijans-ruling-elite|access-date=2021-07-05|website=OCCRP|language=en}}</ref> | |||
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| == Career == | == Career == | ||
| Tale Heydarov is |
Tale Heydarov is chairman of the Board of Gilan Holdings, a conglomerate business in Azerbaijan. Heyadrov took over the company from his father who founded the company in the 1980s.<ref name=":32"/> The company has invested in the Azeri football clubs Gabala FC football club and Gabala Sports Club. Tale was president of Gabala FC from 2005 to 2019, and Gabala Sports Club, which included the football team ], since 2013.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tale Heydərov: "Artıq mənim üçün bu vəzifədən getməyin vaxtı çatıb" |url=https://report.az/futbol-xeberleri/tale-heyderov-artiq-menim-ucun-bu-vezifeden-getmeyin-vaxti-catib/ |access-date=2022-10-14 |website=Report İnformasiya Agentliyi |date=21 June 2020 |language=az}}</ref> | ||
| Heydarov is Founder and Chairman of the European Azerbaijan School (EAS),<ref></ref> a private co-educational day-school applying the ] Primary Years Programme, ] and the IB Diploma Programme. He is also the Founder and Director of the Azerbaijani Teacher's Development Centre (ATDC).<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 June 2018 |title=Azerbaijan Teacher Development Centre accredited as Cambridge Professional Development Centre |url=https://azertag.az/en/xeber/Azerbaijan_Teacher_Development_Centre_accredited_as_Cambridge_Professional_Development_Centre-1171945 |website=Azertac}}</ref> | |||
| Heydarov is the founder of several companies in the publishing sector, including Teas Press Publishing House and the Libraff chain of bookstores, which sells publications in Azerbaijani, English, Russian and Turkish.<ref>{{Cite web |title=˝LIBRAFF˝ kitab mağazasının ˝Sumqayıt˝ filialı açılıb - FOTO |url=https://apa.az/az/edebiyyat/libraff-kitab-magazasinin-sumqayit-filiali-acilib-foto-711607 |access-date=2022-10-14 |website=Apa.az |language=az}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title="Teas Press" "Ən yaxşı nəşriyyat" seçilib |url=https://apa.az/az/medeniyyet-siyaseti/teas-press-en-yaxsi-nesriyyat-secilib-552471 |access-date=2022-10-14 |website=Apa.az |language=az}}</ref> From 2006 to 2019, he was Chief Editor of Visions of Azerbaijan magazine, which began in 2006 but also launched as a digital TV channel in 2016. | |||
| ⚫ | While a student in London, Heydarov founded the London Azerbaijani Society which later developed into the ]. It is a lobbying group which was known for sponsoring luxurious trips for European politicians to travel to Azerbaijan and promoting the authoritarian regime in Azerbaijan.<ref name=":02"/><ref name=":12"/><ref name=":22"/> The group was involved in the ] scandal. | ||
| Tale is the founder of several companies in the publishing sector, including and the Libraff chain of bookstores, which sells publications in Azerbaijani, English, Russian and Turkish. Heydarov has published books about the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict through his publishing house. His publications include , the and and | |||
| == Films == | |||
| ⚫ | While a student in London, Heydarov founded the London Azerbaijani Society which later developed into the ]. It is a lobbying group which was known for sponsoring luxurious trips for European politicians to travel to Azerbaijan and promoting the authoritarian regime in Azerbaijan.<ref name=": |
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| He was ] of the movies: | |||
| * "Gənc səslər, qədim nəğmələr" | |||
| Tale is also the founder of the , which began in 2006 but also launched as a Both closed in 2018 as they went into insolvency. | |||
| * "Azərbaycan xaricilərin gözü ilə" | |||
| * "İvonna Botto-Şirməmmədovanın həyat hekayəsi".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-10-22 |title="Gənc Səslər, Qədim Nəğmə" adlı sənədli filmin nümayişi keçirildi - FOTOLAR |url=https://teleqraf.com/news/toplum/113574.html |access-date=2022-10-17 |website=Teleqraf.com |language=az}}</ref> | |||
| == Publications (Publisher/Editor) == | |||
| == Personal life == | |||
| ===English=== | |||
| He is married with one daughter and one son. | |||
| * International Visions: The Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict over Karabakh – From History to Future Peace Prospects. Baku, 2007<ref>{{Cite book |date=1 January 2007 |title=International Visions: The Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict over Karabakh. From History to Future Peace Prospects |publisher=Visions of Azerbaijan |isbn=978-9952809244 }}</ref> | |||
| * Azerbaijan: 100 Questions Answered. Baku, 2008<ref>{{Cite book |date=1 November 2008 |title=Azerbaijan - 100 Questions Answered: 100 Questions Answered: 3rd Edition |id={{ASIN|9952806809|country=uk}} }}</ref> | |||
| * Ordubadi M.S. Years of Blood – A History of the Armenian–Muslim Clashes in the Caucausus, 1905–06. London, 2010<ref>{{Cite web |title=Years of Blood |url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_book/17328035-years-of-blood-a-history-of-the-armenian-muslim-clashes-in-the-caucasus |access-date=2022-10-14 |website=www.goodreads.com}}</ref> | |||
| * The Armenian Question in the Caucasus – Russian Archive Documents and Publications. Vols. 1–3. London, 2012<ref>{{Cite book |date=1 July 2011 |title=The Armenian Question in the Caucasus: Russian Archive Documents and Publications, 1724-1914 (Three Volume Set) |isbn=978-0863724091 |last1=Heydarov |first1=Tale |publisher=Ithaca Press }}</ref> | |||
| * Khojaly: Witness of a War Crime – Armenia in the Dock. London, 2014<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 July 2015 |title=Book "Khojaly Witness of a war crime – Armenia in the Dock" launches in London |url=https://azertag.az/en/xeber/Book__quotKhojaly_Witness_of_a_war_crime___Armenia_in_the_Dock_quot_launches_in_London-868642 |website=Azertac}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |date=30 March 2015 |title=Khojaly Witness of a War Crime: Armenia in the Dock |isbn=978-0863725401 |last1=Heydarov |first1=Tale |last2=Peart |first2=Ian |last3=Machlachlan |first3=Fiona |publisher=Ithaca Press }}</ref> | |||
| ==References== | ==References== | ||
Latest revision as of 11:28, 7 November 2024
Azerbaijani businessperson and lobbyist| Tale Heydarov | |
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| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Azerbaijani |
| Children | 3 |
| Parent | Kamaladdin Heydarov |
| Alma mater | Collingham College; London School of Economics and Political Science; Birkbeck, University of London |
| Occupation | Founder of science and education organisations |
| Website | https://taleheydarov.com |
Tale Heydarov (Azerbaijani: Tale Heydərov) is an Azerbaijani businessman and investor.
He founded the European Azerbaijan Society (TEAS), a lobbying group which was known for sponsoring luxurious trips for European politicians to travel to Azerbaijan and promoting the authoritarian regime in Azerbaijan. It has since closed. The group was involved in the Azerbaijani laundromat scandal. Heydarov was also implicated in a 2018 investigation by the Daphne Project into companies that invested in secret across Europe through a Maltese bank.
Early life and education
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Heydarov attended Collingham College, London, from 2001 to 2003, and read for a BSc International Relations and History at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) from 2003 to 2006.
He received a master's degree in International Security and Global Governance from Birkbeck, University of London, in 2008.
Career
Tale Heydarov is chairman of the Board of Gilan Holdings, a conglomerate business in Azerbaijan. Heyadrov took over the company from his father who founded the company in the 1980s. The company has invested in the Azeri football clubs Gabala FC football club and Gabala Sports Club. Tale was president of Gabala FC from 2005 to 2019, and Gabala Sports Club, which included the football team Gabala FK, since 2013.
Heydarov is Founder and Chairman of the European Azerbaijan School (EAS), a private co-educational day-school applying the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme, Cambridge International Examinations and the IB Diploma Programme. He is also the Founder and Director of the Azerbaijani Teacher's Development Centre (ATDC).
Heydarov is the founder of several companies in the publishing sector, including Teas Press Publishing House and the Libraff chain of bookstores, which sells publications in Azerbaijani, English, Russian and Turkish. From 2006 to 2019, he was Chief Editor of Visions of Azerbaijan magazine, which began in 2006 but also launched as a digital TV channel in 2016.
While a student in London, Heydarov founded the London Azerbaijani Society which later developed into the European Azerbaijani Society (TEAS). It is a lobbying group which was known for sponsoring luxurious trips for European politicians to travel to Azerbaijan and promoting the authoritarian regime in Azerbaijan. The group was involved in the Azerbaijani laundromat scandal.
Films
He was executive producer of the movies:
- "Gənc səslər, qədim nəğmələr"
- "Azərbaycan xaricilərin gözü ilə"
- "İvonna Botto-Şirməmmədovanın həyat hekayəsi".
Publications (Publisher/Editor)
English
- International Visions: The Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict over Karabakh – From History to Future Peace Prospects. Baku, 2007
- Azerbaijan: 100 Questions Answered. Baku, 2008
- Ordubadi M.S. Years of Blood – A History of the Armenian–Muslim Clashes in the Caucausus, 1905–06. London, 2010
- The Armenian Question in the Caucasus – Russian Archive Documents and Publications. Vols. 1–3. London, 2012
- Khojaly: Witness of a War Crime – Armenia in the Dock. London, 2014
References
- ^ Mammadova, Paul Radu, Khadija Ismayilova and Madina. "The Influence Machine". OCCRP. Retrieved 2021-07-05.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Broers, Broers Laurence (2019-08-21). Armenia and Azerbaijan: Anatomy of a Rivalry. Edinburgh University Press. p. 220. ISBN 978-1-4744-5055-3.
- ^ "Plush hotels and caviar diplomacy: how Azerbaijan's elite wooed MPs". the Guardian. 2013-11-24. Retrieved 2021-07-05.
- ^ "Azeri ruling families linked to secret investments via Maltese bank". the Guardian. 2018-04-23. Retrieved 2021-07-05.
- "Tale Heydərov: "Artıq mənim üçün bu vəzifədən getməyin vaxtı çatıb"". Report İnformasiya Agentliyi (in Azerbaijani). 21 June 2020. Retrieved 2022-10-14.
- European Azerbaijan School (EAS)
- "Azerbaijan Teacher Development Centre accredited as Cambridge Professional Development Centre". Azertac. 12 June 2018.
- "˝LIBRAFF˝ kitab mağazasının ˝Sumqayıt˝ filialı açılıb - FOTO". Apa.az (in Azerbaijani). Retrieved 2022-10-14.
- ""Teas Press" "Ən yaxşı nəşriyyat" seçilib". Apa.az (in Azerbaijani). Retrieved 2022-10-14.
- ""Gənc Səslər, Qədim Nəğmə" adlı sənədli filmin nümayişi keçirildi - FOTOLAR". Teleqraf.com (in Azerbaijani). 2016-10-22. Retrieved 2022-10-17.
- International Visions: The Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict over Karabakh. From History to Future Peace Prospects. Visions of Azerbaijan. 1 January 2007. ISBN 978-9952809244.
- Azerbaijan - 100 Questions Answered: 100 Questions Answered: 3rd Edition. 1 November 2008. ASIN 9952806809.
- "Years of Blood". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 2022-10-14.
- Heydarov, Tale (1 July 2011). The Armenian Question in the Caucasus: Russian Archive Documents and Publications, 1724-1914 (Three Volume Set). Ithaca Press. ISBN 978-0863724091.
- "Book "Khojaly Witness of a war crime – Armenia in the Dock" launches in London". Azertac. 2 July 2015.
- Heydarov, Tale; Peart, Ian; Machlachlan, Fiona (30 March 2015). Khojaly Witness of a War Crime: Armenia in the Dock. Ithaca Press. ISBN 978-0863725401.