Havva Mammadova

Havva Mammadova (Azerbaijani: Həvva Məmmədova; born 1958) is a historian, professor and an Azerbaijani politician who served as the Member of National Assembly of Azerbaijan from the 122nd Khankendi electoral district.

Havva Mammadova
Həvva Məmmədova
Member of National Assembly of Azerbaijan for 122nd Khankendi district
In office
November 6, 2005 – November 7, 2010
PresidentIlham Aliyev
Preceded byunknown
Succeeded byFlora Gasimova
Personal details
Born1958 (1958) (age 65)
Barda, Azerbaijan

Early life

Mammadova was born in 1958 in Barda, Azerbaijan. She graduated from Khankendi Pedagogical University in 1980 and Academy of Public Administration in 1992. Mammadova has a PhD in History. In 1980-1990, she worked as a teacher at a secondary school in Stepanakert.[1] When Azerbaijani community of Khankendi was expelled from the city, Mammadova became the internally displaced person within Azerbaijan. Since 1993, she has taught History at Academy of Public Administration in Baku.[2]

Political career

Mammadova was elected to the National Assembly of Azerbaijan from the 122nd Khankendi electoral district during 2005 parliamentary elections. She did not run for re-election in 2010 elections for unknown reasons.[2] Flora Gasimova replaced Havva Mammadova after receiving 55.1% of votes in 2010 elections.[3]

As a native of Karabakh, Mammadova has done a lot of work with Azerbaijani refugees and IDPs. She had travelled to Georgia, United States, Europe to attend events related to Karabakh and meet with Azerbaijani diaspora.[4][5] In 2006, Mammadova along with Nizami Bahmanov and Elman Mammadov formally founded the Azerbaijani Community of Nagorno-Karabakh Social Union in exile, representing the Azerbaijani community of Nagorno-Karabakh in negotiation talks.[6] She's an author of three books on Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, including Khojaly: martyrs and princes: Armenian terrorism as an integral part of international terrorism[7]

Mammadova is a member of Women Refugees Network. She is also Baku representative of newspaper New Europe.[1]

Selected works
  • Khodjaly : Martyrs and witnesses : Armenian terrorism as an integral part of the international one , 2005
  • Azärbaycan xalq cümhuriyyäti dövründä Yuxarı Qarabağda siyasi väziyyät : Ermäni terrorizminin güclänmäsi (1918-1920), 2006
  • The Khodjaly genocide, 2009

See also

References
  1. "Azerbaijan Gender Information Center". Retrieved 2010-12-09.
  2. "DEPUTAT HƏVVA MƏMMƏDOVA NAMİZƏD OLMADI" [MP Havva Mammadova is not running for re-election]. Media Forum. 2010-10-08. Archived from the original on 2010-12-18. Retrieved 2010-12-09.
  3. "Elektron səsvermənin nəticələri bəlli oldu" [Electronic polls were announced]. Kheberler. 2010-11-08. Retrieved 2010-12-09.
  4. "Deputat Həvva Məmmədova: "Ən yaxşı paltarımı Qarabağa geyinəcəyəm"" [MP Deputee Havva Mammadova: "I will wear my best clothe in Karabakh]. Modern.az. 2010-03-04. Retrieved 2010-12-09.
  5. "Milli Məclisin üzvləri Qənirə Paşayeva və Həvva Məmmədova Gürcüstanda səfərdədir" [MP Deputees Ganira Pashayeva and Havva Mammadova are in Georgia]. Azeri Press Agency. 2009-12-30. Retrieved 2010-12-09.
  6. Javid Turan. "DAĞLIQ QARABAĞIN AZƏRBAYCANLI İCMASI YENİDƏN TƏŞKİLATLANIR" [Azerbaijani Community of Nagorno-Karabakh is being regrouped]. Yeni Musavat. Archived from the original on 2011-10-07. Retrieved 2010-12-09.
  7. Mammadova, Havva (2005). Ходжалы: шехиды и шахиды : армянский терроризм как составная часть международного терроризма [Khojaly: martyrs and princes: Armenian terrorism as an integral part of international terrorism] (in Russian). Dom skazki. p. 191. ISBN 9789952210217. Retrieved 2010-12-09.
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