Sabir Rustamkhanli

{{Short description|Azerbaijani poet & politician (born 1946)}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Sabir Rustamkhanli

| office3 = Chairman of the Civic Solidarity Party

| term_start3 = 26 September 1992

| term_end3 =

| predecessor3 = Position established

| successor3 =

| birth_name = Sabir Khudu oğlu Rustamkhanli

| nationality = Azerbaijani

| citizenship = {{flag|Azerbaijan}}

| image = Sabir Rustamkhanli in 2016.jpg

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1946|5|20|df=y}}

| birth_place = Yardimli Rayon, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR (now Azerbaijan)

| spouse = Tənzilə Rüstəmxanlı

| children = 3

| alma_mater = Baku State University

| parents = Khudu

| party = Civic Solidarity Party

| website =

| native_name_lang = az

| native_name = {{nobold|Sabir Rüstəmxanlı}}

| caption = Rustamkhanli in 2016

}}

Sabir Rustamkhanli (Azerbaijani: Sabir Xudu oğlu Rüstəmxanlı; 20 May, 1946) is an Azerbaijani poet, philologist and politician. He is the author of over 30 books in the Russian and Persian languages.{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/156789344|title=My road of life|first=Sabir|last=Ru̇stămkhanly|date=July 14, 2005|oclc=156789344 |via=Open WorldCat}}{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/25586985|title=Influence d'un entrainement en endurance sur l'aptitude bioenergétique|first=Gérard|last=Welsch|date=July 14, 1979|oclc=25586985 |via=Open WorldCat}}

Sabir Rustamkhanli is chairman of the Assembly of the World Congress of Azerbaijanis, leader of the Civic Solidarity Party and member of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan.{{Cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/election.watch/europe/azerbaijan3.html|title=CNN.com - World News: Election Watch|website=www.cnn.com}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.library.yale.edu/slavic/research/azerbaijan.html|title=Selected Bibliography of English-language Print Resources for Azerbaijan | Yale University Library Slavic and East European Collection|website=www.library.yale.edu}}

Sabir Rustamkhanli was born in Hamarkand village of Yardimli. In 1963, he graduated from the Yardimli settlement eleven-year school. He entered the faculty of philology of the Azerbaijan State University, where he graduated in 1968 with honors.