Hikmet Hajiyev
{{short description|Azerbaijan foreign policy advisor}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Hikmet Hajiyev
| native_name_lang = az
| native_name = {{Nobold|Hikmət Hacıyev}}
| image = Hikmət Hacıyev (2024).jpg
| caption = Hajiyev in November 2024
| office = Assistant to the President of Azerbaijan
| term_start = 29 November 2019
| president = Ilham Aliyev
| office2 = Head of the Foreign Policy Affairs Department of the Presidential Administration
| term_start2 = 26 November 2018
| predecessor2 = Novruz Mammadov
| president2 = Ilham Aliyev
| office3 = Head of the Press Service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
| predecessor3 = Elman Abdullayev
| termstart3 = 19 September 2014
| termend3 = 18 September 2018
| successor3 = Leyla Abdullayeva
| minister3 = Elmar Mammadyarov
| birth_place = Kirovabad, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|10|15|df=y}}
| death_place =
| death_date =
}}
Hikmet Farhad oglu Hajiyev ({{langx|az|Hikmət Fərhad oğlu Hacıyev}}; born 15 October 1979) is an Azerbaijani politician who serves as the Assistant to the President of Azerbaijan since 2019 and as the Head of Foreign Policy Affairs Department of the Presidential Administration since 2018.
Early life and diplomatic career
Hajiyev was born in 1979 in Ganja (then known as Kirovabad) and graduated from Secondary School No. 24. He graduated from the Faculty of International Relations and International Law at Baku State University. He also holds a master's degree from NATO's Defense College, the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, and Université libre de Bruxelles.{{Cite web |title=Hikmət Hacıyev {{!}} Report.az |url=https://report.az/person/hikmet-haciyev/ |access-date=2022-10-07 |website=report.az}} Hajiyev has worked in the system of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs since 2000. In different years, he worked at Azerbaijani representative offices in NATO, Kuwait, and Egypt. From 2014 to 2018, Hajiyev served as the head of the Press Service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[https://az.trend.az/azerbaijan/politics/2313827.html Azərbaycan XİN-in Mətbuat xidmətinin rəhbəri vəzifəsini Hikmət Hacıyev icra edəcək] On 9 July 2018, he was awarded the Medal for Distinguished Service in Diplomatic Service, and a year later, he was awarded the Order of Merit for Service to the Fatherland of the 2nd degree.[http://e-qanun.az/framework/42830 Azərbaycan Respublikasının diplomatik xidmət orqanları əməkdaşlarının təltif edilməsi haqqında Azərbaycan Respublikası Prezidentinin Sərəncamı][http://e-qanun.az/framework/39368 Azərbaycan Respublikasının diplomatik xidmət orqanları əməkdaşlarının təltif edilməsi haqqında Azərbaycan Respublikası Prezidentinin Sərəncamı]
Foreign policy advisor
On 18 September 2018, he was appointed Deputy Head of the Foreign Policy Department of the Presidential Administration.{{Cite web|title=Hikmət Hacıyev {{!}} Report.az|url=https://report.az/person/hikmet-haciyev/|access-date=2021-03-19|website=report.az}} Later that November, he became the head of this department{{cite web|title=H.F.Hacıyevin Azərbaycan Respublikası Prezidentinin Administrasiyasının Xarici siyasət məsələləri şöbəsinin müdiri təyin edilməsi haqqında Azərbaycan Respublikası Prezidentinin Sərəncamı|url=http://e-qanun.az/framework/40776|accessdate=1 January 2019|publisher=e-qanun.az|language=}} and on 29 November 2019, he became an official assistant to the President.{{cite web|title=H.F.Hacıyevin Azərbaycan Respublikası Prezidentinin köməkçisi − Azərbaycan Respublikası Prezidentinin Administrasiyasının Xarici siyasət məsələləri şöbəsinin müdiri təyin edilməsi haqqında Azərbaycan Respublikası Prezidentinin Sərəncamı|url=http://e-qanun.az/framework/43714|accessdate=15 October 2020|publisher=e-qanun.az|language=}} When describing his role in the administration during the July 2020 Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes, President Aliyev said that he is "speaking with my assistant Hikmet Hajiyev probably 10 times a day".{{Cite web|title=Azerbaijan fires foreign minister {{!}} Eurasianet|url=https://eurasianet.org/azerbaijan-fires-foreign-minister|access-date=2020-10-31|website=eurasianet.org|language=en}}
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