Huseynagha Sadigov

Huseynagha Musa oghlu Sadigov (; born in 1940), also spelled as Huseynaga Sadikhov is an Azerbaijani politician and diplomat.

Early life Sadigov was born on 14 March 1940 in Baku, Azerbaijan. In 1963, he graduated from Azerbaijan University of Languages named after Mirza Fatali Akhundov with a degree in European languages. He continued his post graduate studies at the same university. At the same time, Sadigov worked as a translator and assistant director of the All Soviet Intourist Joint Stock Organization as well as the director of the Azerbaijani hotel complex which was being built at the time. In 1968, he completed international tourism courses at the Council of Ministers of the USSR. The pro-western position of the country was declared by him on 4 December 1991, weeks before the official dissolution of Soviet Union. Mr. Sadigov headed the Azerbaijani delegation to the United Nations' forty-sixth plenary meeting of the General Assembly in March 1992, during which the Azerbaijan Republic became a member of the United Nations. He is the first Azerbaijani who has held a speech to the United Nations General Assembly. In 1992, he was replaced by Tofig Gasimov and appointed the ambassador to Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Austria.

Works and awards Sadigov authored more than 50 political articles in German and Azerbaijani media. In 2007, Huseynagha Sadigov was awarded with German Federal Cross of Merit for his service in developing the Azerbaijan-Germany relations.

Personal life Sadigov has two children. He is fluent in German, Arabic, Turkish and Russian.