Ali S. Hasanov
{{Short description|Azerbaijani politician}}
{{Infobox Officeholder
|name = Ali Hasanov
Əli Həsənov
|image = Ali S. Hasanov.jpg
|order =
|title = Deputy Prime Minister of Azerbaijan
|term_start = 18 November 1998
|term_end = 21 October 2019
|predecessor =
|successor =
|president = Heydar Aliyev
Ilham Aliyev
|office2 = Chairman of State Committee of Republic of Azerbaijan for Refugees and IDPs
|term_start2 = 18 November 1998
|term_end2 = 21 April 2018
|predecessor2 =
|successor2 = Rovshan Rzayev
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1948|04|10}}
|birth_place = Boyuk Marjanly, Jabrayil, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union
{{small|(now Azerbaijan)}}
|branch =
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Ali Shamil oghlu Hasanov ({{langx|az|Əli Şamil oğlu Həsənov}}) is an Azerbaijani politician who serves as the Deputy Prime Minister of Azerbaijan since 1998, former chairman of State Committee of Republic of Azerbaijan for Refugees and IDPs. He also chairs the State Committee for International Humanitarian Aid.{{cite web | url= http://www.refugees-idps-committee.gov.az/az/pages/11.html | title= Komitənin strukturu |trans-title=Structure of the Committee |access-date=2010-10-27}}
Political career
Hasanov supervised provision of newly built housing for Azerbaijani refugees and IDPs and often travels to regions of Azerbaijan where the refugees had been settled after the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.{{cite news |url= http://az.apa.az/news.php?id=198712 |title= Qaçqın və Məcburi Köçkünlərin İşləri üzrə Dövlət Komitəsinin sədri Ağdam və Yevlaxda olub |trans-title= The Chairman of the State Committee of Republic of Azerbaijan for Refugees and IDPs visited Agdam and Yevlakh regions |publisher= Azerbaijan Press Agency |location= Agdam |author= Teymur Zahidoglu |date= 2010-09-16 |access-date= 2010-10-27 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100918070330/http://az.apa.az/news.php?id=198712 |archive-date= 18 September 2010 |url-status= dead |df= dmy-all }} The scope of activity of the State Committee of Republic of Azerbaijan for Refugees and IDPs was enhanced by the former President of Azerbaijan Heydar Aliyev in September 1998 with the purpose of bettering the social conditions of the refugees and Ali Hasanov was appointed the chairman of the committee.{{cite news| url= http://az.trend.az/news/politics/movements/1683763.html |title= 87th anniversary of Heydar Aliyev was marked at State Committee of Republic of Azerbaijan for Refugees and IDPs |publisher= Trend News Agency |location= Baku |author= A. Huseynbala |date=2010-05-07 |access-date=2010-10-27}}
As the chairman of the committee, Hasanov supervised large amounts of funding spent by the government and international organizations for needs of refugees. According to the chairman, $1.3 billion from the state budget, $850 million from the State Oil Fund of Azerbaijan and $738 million from international organizations was allocated in 2008.{{cite news |url= http://www.news.az/articles/society/2332 |title= Azeri government has spent $2.9 bn on the solution of the problems of the refugees |publisher= News.az |date= 2009-11-13 |access-date= 2010-10-27 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190415111624/https://news.az/articles/society/2332 |archive-date= 2019-04-15 |url-status= dead }}
See also
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Category:People from Jabrayil District
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