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Hussein Baghirov
Western Caspian University Professor
Baku, Azerbaijan
Professor Hussein Baghirov was born in 1955 in Quba Rayon, Azerbaijan. In 1978, he graduated from Baku State University with a degree in history. From 1978 to 1979, he worked at the Ministry of Education and then worked as a lecturer at the different post-graduate educational institutions.
From 1984 to 1985, he worked as a researcher and defended his Ph.D. dissertation at the Academy of Sciences of USSR in Moscow. Professor Baghirov received approval of professorship from the Education Ministry of the USSR in 1990. In 1990 he was appointed rector of the Institute of Youth. In 1991 Professor Baghirov established Western University in Baku. In 1998 Professor Baghirov was awarded a Fullbright scholarship for researching and lecturing at Indiana University (United States). Professor Baghirov served as the rector of Western University until 2000 when he was appointed to the different positions in the government of Azerbaijan. Professor Baghirov is now The Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Western Caspian University and Director of the Institute of Mountain Biodiversity, Landscapes, and Culture of the Western Caspian University. (Which is a member of the Mountain Partnership Alliance of United Nations) Simultaneously, he is the Chair Person of the Political Science Program of Western Caspian University. Furthermore, Professor Baghirov is a member of the Mountain Protection Commission of the International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation (UIAA) and a global advocate of sustainable development. Professor Baghirov is the author of dozens of books and hundreds of academic articles.
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