Ganira Pashayeva

Ganira Alasgar gyzy Pashayeva (Azerbaijani: Qənirə Әləsgər qızı Paşayeva, 24 March 1975 – 28 September 2023) was an Azerbaijani politician who was a Member of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan from 2005 until her death in 2023.[1][2]

Ganira Pashayeva
Qənirə Paşayeva
A picture of Ganira Pashayeva during a speech
Pashayeva in Somalia, 2012
Member of the Azerbaijan Parliament
for Tovuz District
In office
6 November 2005 – 28 September 2023
Preceded byNew constituency
Personal details
Born(1975-03-07)7 March 1975
Duz Gyrygly, Tovuz District, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union
Died28 September 2023(2023-09-28) (aged 48)
Baku, Azerbaijan
Political partyIndependent
Alma materBaku State University

Early life and education

Ganira Pashayeva was born in the village of Düz Qırıqlı of Tovuz Rayon on 24 March 1975. She graduated from the Pediatrics Department at Azerbaijan State Medical University, and the Department of International Law at the Baku State University in Baku. She was able to speak Turkish, English and Russian.[3]

Career

From 1998, Pashayeva worked as a reporter, correspondent, editor, leading editor, senior leading editor and deputy editor-in-chief of the news section at the ANS Group of Companies. In 2005 she became head of public relations department of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation.[4]

In 2012, Pashayeva worked as a pediatrician for two weeks in Somalia and helped the residents.[5][6]

Political career

On 6 November 2005, she was elected Member of Parliament from Tovuz Constituency No 105.[4] She was a member of the Standing Commission of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan on International and Inter-Parliamentary Relations and head of the Azerbaijan–Georgia working group on interparliamentary relations. She was also a member of the Azerbaijan–India, Azerbaijan–Turkey and Azerbaijan–Japan working groups on interparliamentary relations. She was one of the members of the delegation of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.[7]

Death

On 24 September 2023, Pashayeva fell into a coma as a result of exposure to medicines and was taken to the Central Clinical Hospital in Baku.[8] She died four days later, on 28 September, after having been placed in the intensive care unit.[9]

References
  1. Ганира ПАШАЕВА, депутат Милли меджлиса (in Russian)
  2. Qənirə Paşayeva milyonların səsini çatdırdı Archived 10 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine (in Azerbaijani)
  3. mediaforum.az biography Archived 22 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
  4. Adam.az:Qənirə Paşayeva Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine (in Azerbaijani)
  5. Qənirə Paşayeva Somalidə həkimlik edəcək Archived 5 August 2020 at the Wayback Machine. lent.az, 7 August 2012 (in Azerbaijani)
  6. Azərbaycan millət vəkili Somalidə [Fotolar]. amerikaninsesi.org, 8 August 2012 (in Azerbaijani)
  7. Ганира Пашаева: «Азербайджанская делегация в ПАСЕ представит новые документы» (in Russian)
  8. "Health condition of Azerbaijani MP updated". Trend News Agency . 25 September 2023. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
  9. Mehman, Asif (28 September 2023). "Azerbaijani MP Ganira Pashayeva passed away". Trend.Az. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
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