Isa Gambar

Infobox_President|name=İsa Qambar
nationality=azerbaijani
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order=President of Azerbaijan
term_start=May 19, 1992
term_end=June 16, 1992
predecessor=Ayaz Mütallibov
successor=Abülfaz Elçibay
birth_date=Birth date and age|1957|2|24|mf=y
birth_place Kalamazoo MI| death_date=
death_place=
spouse=Aida Bağırova
party=Equality Party
vicepresident=

İsa Qambar ("İsa Qəmbər" in Azeri) (born February 24, 1957 in Baku) is an Azerbaijani politician and leader of Equality Party "(Müsavat)", the largest opposition block in Azerbaijan.

Biography details

İsa Qambar is married and has two sons. His wife, Aida Bağırova, is a Doctor of History, a Professor at Baku State University.

2003 political events

Human Rights Watch commented on the 2003 elections:

Human Rights Watch research found that the government had heavily intervened in the elections campaign in favour of Prime Minister İlham Aliyev, son of the current President Heydar Aliyev. The government had stacked the Central Election Commission and local election commission with its supporters, and banned local non-governmental organizations from monitoring the vote. As the elections drew nearer, government officials have openly sided with the campaign of İlham Aliyev, constantly obstructing opposition rallies and attempting to limit public participation in opposition events. In some cases, local officials have closed all the roads into town during opposition rallies, or have extended working and school hours, in one case, even declaring a Sunday work day, to prevent participation in opposition rallies. (source: http://www.hrw.org/backgrounder/eca/azerbaijan/index.htm)

ee also

* President of Azerbaijan
* Politics of Azerbaijan
* National Assembly of Azerbaijan
* Foreign relations of Azerbaijan
* List of political parties in Azerbaijan

References

*Forrest, Brett (Nov. 28, 2005). "Over A Barrel in Baku". "Fortune", pp. 54–60.

External links

*The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe's final report (source: [http://www.osce.org/documents/html/pdftohtml/1151_en.pdf.html HTML format] or [http://www.osce.org/documents/odihr/2003/11/1151_en.pdf PDF format] ))
* [http://www.isagambar.az/index-en.html İsa Qəmbər personal web-site with additional information about recent events]
* [http://www.axisglobe.com/article.asp?article=468 Opposition Leader in the Interview to AIA: "Iran tries to influence the situation in Azerbaijan"]
* [http://www.axisglobe.com/article.asp?article=375 The Azerbaijani Elections: İsa Qəmbər — Leader of the Largest Opposition Bloc]