Yevda Abramov
{{Short description|Azerbaijani politician (1948–2019)}}
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| term_start = 6 November 2005
| term_end = 6 December 2019
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| birth_place = Gyrmyzy Gasaba, Quba District, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR
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| nationality = Mountain Jew
| party = New Azerbaijan Party
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| alma_mater = Azerbaijan State Pedagogical Institute
| occupation = Teacher
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Yevda Sasunovich Abramov ({{langx|az|Yevda Sasunoviç Abramov}}; 12 June 1948 – 6 December 2019) was an Azerbaijani politician. He served as a Member of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan from 2005 until his death in 2019.{{in lang|en}}[https://www.meclis.gov.az/?/en/deputat/8 Milli Mejlis of Azerbaijan Republic - Abramov Yevda Sasunovich] and Deputy chairman of Azerbaijani National Assembly's Committee on Human Rights.
Abramov was a Mountain Jew, representing part of the Azerbaijani Jewish community.10 January 2008 [https://www.jewishjournal.com/world/article/azeri_jews_centuries_of_coexistence_in_azerbaijan_20080111/ Azeri Jews: Centuries of coexistence in Azerbaijan] by Gabriel LernerJerusalem Post, republished [http://www.ncsj.org/AuxPages/051606JPost_Azer-Isr.shtml Azerbaijan to open trade office in Israel] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406174135/http://www.ncsj.org/AuxPages/051606JPost_Azer-Isr.shtml |date=2012-04-06 }} by Hilary Leila Krieger
Life
Yevda Abramov was born in the village of Krasnaya Sloboda of Quba Rayon on June 12, 1948. He came from the Cohen family, originally hailing from Iran. His father was a former leader and spiritual guide of the Jewish community of Azerbaijan. His family's known 750-year-old history traces back to Shemakha, about 250 km north-west of Baku. In 1902, when an earthquake struck the town, many surviving Jews left for Quba. His father left to fight in World War II against Nazi Germany.Spring 2007; [http://www.shalom-magazine.com/Article.php?id=470308 Shalom Magazine - Yevda Abramov] by Roland Syssman
Yevda Abramov graduated from the History faculty of Azerbaijan State Pedagogical Institute. He spoke Azeri, Turkish, Russian, and Persian fluently.
From 1971, he was a teacher and the deputy director at a secondary school in Quba region, and from 1987, he was the chairman of the Executive Committee{{Dubious|date=May 2021}} and secondary school teacher in Krasnaya Sloboda, a Jewish town in Quba Rayon.
In 2000 he was elected the chairman of municipality in Krasnaya Sloboda.
From 1986 until 1999 he was in regional politics before he joined the ruling authoritarian New Azerbaijan Party.
On November 6, 2005 he was elected as Member of Parliament from the Quba-Qusar constituency No. 53. In parliament, he served as deputy chair of the Standing Commission of the so-called Milli Mejlis on Human Rights as well as the head of the Azerbaijan-Israel Working Group on Interparliamentary Relations and the Azerbaijan-Argentina, Azerbaijan-Cuba and Azerbaijan-Russia Working Groups on Interparliamentary Relations.
Yevda Abramov was married, with four children. Three of his children live in Israel and one of his sons serves as an officer in the IDF.
Abramov died in Baku on 6 December 2019 at the age of 71.{{Citation needed|date=December 2020}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.shalom-magazine.com/Article.php?id=470308 Interview on Azerbaijan-Israeli relations with Yevda Abramov]
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Category:20th-century Azerbaijani educators
Category:21st-century Azerbaijani educators
Category:Azerbaijani people of Iranian-Jewish descent
Category:Jewish Azerbaijani politicians
Category:Members of the National Assembly (Azerbaijan)