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PERSONS:
Abbas-zade Maleyka Mehdi gizi (1953) Chair of the State Commission on Admission of
Students since 2000.
Agabeyim aga (Aga baji) Azerbaijani poetess. Daughter of Ibrahimkhalil khan of Garabag,
wife of the Persian ruler Fatali shah.
Akhundova Rafi ga Haji gizi (1931) Ballet master. People`s Artist of Azerbaijan.
Akhundova Shafi ga Qulam gizi (1924). Composer. People`s Artist of Azerbaijan. Awarded
with the order «Shohrat».
Alekberova Shovkat Feyzulla gizi (1922-1993). Azerbaijani singer. People`s Artist of
Azerbaijan.
Alesgerova Shamama Mahmudali gizi (1904-1977). Gynecologist. Honoured Doctor of
Azerbaijan.
Alibeyli Khanumana Sabir gizi (1920-2007). Writer. Played great role in the development of
the Azerbaijani literature for children.
Aliyeva Leyla Ilham gizi (1986). Daughter of Preident Ilham Aliyev. Representative of the
Heydar Aliyev Foundation in Russia. President of the Azerbaijani club of Moscow State Institute
of International Relations. Editor-in-chief of the magazine «Baku» published in Russia. Chair of
the Organization of the Azerbaijani Youth of Russia.
Aliyeva Mehriban Arif gizi (1964). Member of the parliament of Azerbaijan. Spouse of the
President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev. Goodwill ambassador of UNESCO and
ISESCO. Chair of numerous charitable and cultural organizations. President of the Heydar Aliyev
Foundation. A national survey held in Azerbaijan earned her the title of the Woman of the Year
in 2005. She was awarded the Ruby Cross by the Patrons of the Century International Charitable
Fund in 2005 for her philanthropic work and contribution to the development of friendship
between Russia and Azerbaijan.
Aliyeva Sevil Heydar gizi (1955). Chairman of “Sevil” Azerbaijani Women Assembly.
Aliyeva Zarifa Aziz gizi (1923-1985). Doctor of Medicine Honoured Scientist of Azerbaijan.
Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan. She played an exclusive role in
the development of ophthalmology in Azerbaijan.
Ali-zade Firangiz Aliaga gizi (1947). Composer. People`s Artist of Azerbaijan. Awarded with
the order «Shohrat».
organization of the Azerbaijani women. It builds its work on the democratic principle of equality
of its members and voluntariness. It is headed by Sevil Aliyeva.
«
rq qadını» (Women of Orient)(magazine) - began to be published since 1923. Its publication
was a remarkable event in the history of the women movement in Azerbaijan. In 1938 it was
renamed to «the Azerbaijani Women».
In the Name of the Azerba ani Woman