:Elmira Süleymanova
{{Short description|Azerbaijani chemist and civil servant (1937–2024)}}
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| name = Elmira Süleymanova
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| office = 1st Ombudsman
| term_start = 2 July 2002
| president = Ilham Aliyev
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| term_end = 29 November 2019
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| birth_place = Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR
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| death_place = Baku, Azerbaijan
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| alma_mater = Baku State University
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences
| successor = Sabina Aliyeva
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Elmira Teymur qızı Süleymanova ({{langx|az|Elmira Teymur qızı Süleymanova}}; 17 July 1937 – 25 April 2024) was an Azerbaijani chemist and civil servant. In 2002, she became the Commissioner for Human Rights (Ombudsman) of the Republic.{{Cite web |last=Bakı Dövlət Universtiteti |title=CD Dedicated to the Fifth Anniversary of the Commissioner for Human Rights (Ombudsman) of the Republic of Azerbaijan |url=http://anl.az/el/a/arotihi.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308202426/http://anl.az/el/a/arotihi.pdf |archive-date=8 March 2022 |access-date=28 April 2024 |website=Milli Kitabxana}}
Biography
Süleymanova was born in Baku on 17 July 1937 and graduated in chemistry from the State University of Azerbaijan and graduated with honors. She then worked in the Institute of Petrochemical Processes of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences as a laboratory assistant and later became the head of the laboratory. She got a postgraduate from the National Academy of Sciences in 1967 and a doctorate in 1980. She started working as a university professor in 1988. She was also member of the New York Academy of Sciences from 1997 onward. She was the author of 200 scientific works and collaborated in around 40 inventions for chemistry and perfumery industries.{{Cite web|title=Elmira Suleymanova (Azerbaijan) {{!}} WikiPeaceWomen – English|url=http://wikipeacewomen.org/wpworg/en/?page_id=1243|access-date=7 May 2021|website=wikipeacewomen.org|archive-date=6 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190106043224/http://wikipeacewomen.org/wpworg/en/?page_id=1243|url-status=live}}
Süleymanova was an expert in petrochemicals and organic chemistry. She was the founder and honorary president of the Azerbaijan Women and Development Center, a non-profit organization that has a consultative status with the UN Economic and Social Council.{{Cite web |title=Azerbaijan "Women and Development" Center (AWDC) |url=http://www.azerweb.az/en/ngo.php?id=262 |access-date=7 May 2021 |website=Azer Web |archive-date=5 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190105201743/http://www.azerweb.az/en/ngo.php?id=262 |url-status=live }}
Süleymanova died in Baku on 25 April 2024, at the age of 86.{{Cite web |date=2024-04-25 |title=Elmira Süleymanova vəfat etdi |url=https://qafqazinfo.az/news/detail/elmira-suleymanova-vefat-etdi-434012 |access-date=2024-04-25 |website=Qafqazinfo |language=az |archive-date=25 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240425225520/https://qafqazinfo.az/news/detail/elmira-suleymanova-vefat-etdi-434012 |url-status=live }}
Career as Ombudsman
The National Assembly elected Süleymanova as the first Ombudsman on 2 July 2002,{{Cite web|url=http://ombudsman.gov.az/en/view/pages/65|title=Decisions of the Milli Majlis on election of the Commissioner|website=www.ombudsman.gov.az|language=en|access-date=23 March 2018|archive-date=1 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801165420/http://ombudsman.gov.az/en/view/pages/65|url-status=dead}} and re-elected her in 2010.{{Cite web |title=Commissioner For Human Rights Re-Elected |url=https://www.theioi.org/ioi-news/current-news/commissioner-for-human-rights-re-elected |access-date=2024-04-25 |website=International Ombudsman Institute (IOI) |language= |archive-date=23 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180723142730/http://www.theioi.org/ioi-news/current-news/commissioner-for-human-rights-re-elected |url-status=live }}
In 2004, regarding the 30-year prison sentence of Ramil Safarov, she stated that Safarov's punishment was too harsh and that "Safarov must become an example of patriotism for the Azerbaijani youth".{{cite web |url=http://iwpr.net/report-news/murder-case-judgement-reverberates-around-caucasus |title=Murder Case Judgement Reverberates Around Caucasus |last1=Grigorian |first1=Marina |last2=Orujev |first2=Rauf |date=20 April 2006 |work=Institute for War & Peace Reporting |accessdate=12 September 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120905071818/http://iwpr.net/report-news/murder-case-judgement-reverberates-around-caucasus |archivedate=5 September 2012 }}“Zerkalo” Newspaper, Baku, 28 February 2004
In 2015, she was named vice-president of the Asian Ombudsman Association,{{Cite web |date=21 June 2020 |title=Elmira Suleymanova elected vice-president of Asian Ombudsman Association |url=https://report.az/en/foreign-politics/elmira-suleymanova-elected-vice-president-of-asian-ombudsman-association/ |access-date=25 April 2024 |website=Report News Agency |language=en |archive-date=5 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190105201410/https://report.az/en/foreign-politics/elmira-suleymanova-elected-vice-president-of-asian-ombudsman-association/ |url-status=live }} and was also a member of the European Ombudsman Institute. As Ombudsman, she implemented programs that aimed to protect the status of women, the elderly, displaced youth, the poor, and victims of violence.
President Ilham Aliyev awarded her the Order of Glory in 2007 and the Order of Honor in 2017 for her contribution to the defense of human rights.[http://www.e-qanun.az/framework/13651 E. T. Süleymanovanın "Şöhrət" ordeni ilə təltif edilməsi haqqında] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190105201344/http://www.e-qanun.az/framework/13651 |date=5 January 2019 }} {{in lang|az}}[http://president.az/articles/24678 E.T.Süleymanovanın “Şərəf” ordeni ilə təltif edilməsi haqqında Azərbaycan Respublikası Prezidentinin Sərəncamı] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180324091423/http://president.az/articles/24678 |date=24 March 2018 }} {{in lang|az}}[http://www.1news.az/az/news/elmira-s-leymanova-r-f-ordeni-il-t-ltif-edilib Elmira Süleymanova “Şərəf” ordeni ilə təltif edilib] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190105201734/http://www.1news.az/az/news/elmira-s-leymanova-r-f-ordeni-il-t-ltif-edilib |date=5 January 2019 }} {{in lang|az}}
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