Formed May 28, 1918 | Website www.mfa.gov.az | |
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Agency executives Elmar Mammadyarov, Minister of Foreign AffairsAraz Azimov, Khalaf Khalafov, Mahmud Mammad-Guliyev, Hafiz Pashayev, Nadir Huseynov, Deputy ministers of Foreign Affairs | ||
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan (Azerbaijani: Аzərbаycаn Rеspubliкаsının Xarici İşlər Nazirliyi) is a Cabinet-level governmental agency in Azerbaijan Republic in charge of conducting and designing Azerbaijani Foreign policy.
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History
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan was established in 1918, during the first Republic of Azerbaijan.
After the Bolsheviks occupied Azerbaijan in April, 1920, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was abolished and was replaced by Azerbaijan SSR People's Foreign Affairs Commissariat (PFAC). People's Foreign Affairs Commissariat, even if it did not have so serious authorities, implemented certain bilateral ties in foreign countries in 1920-1922, including Turkey, where Azerbaijan SSR had its own ambassador, Ibrahim Abilov. People's Foreign Affairs Commissioners of Azerbaijan were Nariman Narimanov and Mirza Davud Huseynov. But PFAC was abolished with incorporation of Azerbaijan SSR into Transcaucasian SFSR.
Towards the end of World War II, in 1944 the Soviet government restored Azerbaijan SSR PFAC. In 1946 PFAC was changed to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). But MFA still had not serious authorities. The last Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan SSR was Huseynaga Sadigov who led MFA as well during seven months of independent Azerbaijan Republic.
After Azerbaijan gained its independence, MFA has transformed into a complex Cabinet-level agency, in charge of designing and conducting Azerbaijani Foreign policy.