Afshan Gadimbeyova

Afshan Gadimbeyova (b. 1915; Erivan, Erivan Governorate, Russian Empire - d. 1980, Baku, Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union) was an Azerbaijani scholar and politician. She had worked as a deputy of chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic and rector of Azerbaijan University of Languages.

Life She was born in 1915 in the city of Erivan. Her father, Alakbar Bey Gadimbeyov, belonged to the Gadimbeyov family, which was carried by the descendants of Mirza Kadym Irevani.

Afshan Gadimbeyova graduated from the Yerevan Pedagogical Technical College in 1929 and continued her education at the Pedagogical Faculty of the Azerbaijan Pedagogical Institute (now Azerbaijan Pedagogical University) in 1931–1935. After finishing her studies there, she studied at the postgraduate level of the Pedagogical Institute located in Moscow.