Eldar Salayev
{{Short description|Azerbaijani physician (1933–2022)}}
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| birth_date = 31 December 1933
| birth_place = Nakhchivan, Azerbaijani SSR, Transcaucasian SFSR, Soviet Union
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2022|06|20|1933|12|31}}
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| nationality = Azerbaijani
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| occupation = Physician
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| education = Baku State University
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Eldar Salayev ({{langx|az|Eldar Yunis oğlu Salayev}}; 31 December 1933 – 20 June 2022) was an Azerbaijani physician. He was President of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences from 1983 to 1997.{{cite web|url=https://science.gov.az/ru/forms/byivshie-prezidentyi/173|title=Салаев Эльдар Юнис оглы|work=Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences|language=Russian}}
Biography
From 1970 to 1973, Salayev was deputy director of Scientific Affairs at the Institute of Physics Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences. In 1972, he received the {{ill|State Prize of the Azerbaijan SSR|az|Azərbaycan SSR Dövlət mükafatı}}.{{cite web|url=https://science.gov.az/az/forms/byivshie-prezidentyi/173|title=Salayev Eldar Yunis oğlu|work=Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences|language=Azerbaijani}}
Eldar Salayev died on 20 June 2022 at the age of 88.{{cite news |last= |first= |date=21 June 2022|title=AMEA-nın sabiq prezidenti dəfn edildi Fotolar|trans-title= |url=https://www.azerbaycan24.com/amea-nin-sabiq-prezidenti-defn-edildi-fotolar/|language=Azerbaijani|work=Azərbaycan24|location= |access-date=21 June 2022}}
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Category:People from Nakhchivan
Category:Baku State University alumni
Category:Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour
Category:Recipients of the Shohrat Order
Category:Azerbaijani physicists
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