Etibar Mammadov

Etibar Salidar oglu Mammadov (; born 2 April 1955 in Baku) is an Azerbaijani politician and the founder of the Azerbaijan National Independence Party (NIPA). First rising to prominence as an anti-communist during the Soviet era, he became one of Azerbaijan's most prominent politicians in the 1990s.

He graduated from Baku State University in the Department of U.S. History in 1972, and later on defended his dissertation on Russian tsarism and the Muslim elite during the 19th century in 1985. He joined the political movement in 1988, but was arrested in January 1990 and taken to Lefortovo Prison for nine months. founded the NIPA in 1992. NIPA splintered from the Popular Front after its June 1991 annual conference, calling for a more hardline and militaristic policy on independence and with the conflict with Armenia. while in 2003, he placed fourth with 2.92%. Mammadov led the NIPA until his resignation on 24 December 2004 following a series of poor performances by the party in recent elections.

Personal life He has a son, Ayhan Etibaroglu, who was elected chairman of the youth organization of NIPA in 2013.