Javanshir Feyziyev

Javanshir Feyziyev (born on 12 July 1963, Shaki, Azerbaijan) is a Member of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan (V convocation), Member of the Committee on Cultural issues, and the Committee on İnternational and İnterparliamentary Relations.

Early life and education Javanshir Feyziyev was born 12 July 1963 in the village Boyuk Dehna in Shaki, Azerbaijan. He went to Secondary School in Boyuk Dehna between 1970 and 1977 and later continued his education at the math-oriented boarding school in Turan settlement from 1977 to 1980. He was drafted to military service in Kazakhstan serving from 1983 to 1985. He is also the Co-chair of the EU-Azerbaijan Parliamentary Cooperation Committee since January 2017.

Social activities Feyziyev is the founder and editor-in-chief of the "Discovery Azerbaijan" scientific magazine since 2005. He is the co-founder of the "Azerbaijan-Kazakhstan Friendship Society" Public Union. Since 2010, he is a member of the Journalists Trade Union of Azerbaijan.

In 2013 and 2018 he was elected as a member of the Board of the Press Council of the Republic of Azerbaijan at the Congress of Azerbaijani Journalists. He is the Chairman of the International Relations Commission of the Press Council of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

In 2015, he was appointed the Honorary Ambassador of the city of Colmar of France in Azerbaijan. He is a member of the Union of Azerbaijani Writers since 2018.

Honors 2010 – “Qızıl Qələm” (Golden Pen) in 2010. 2010 – “Uğur” (Success) National Award. He was awarded with “Uğur” National Prize, in 2010, for the active participation in implementation of the State Program on Social and Economic Development of the Regions and for the achievements acquired. 2014 – Honorary Ambassador of the city of Colmar of France in Azerbaijan. 2016 – Golden Medal of the International Turkish Academy. 2016 – “25th anniversary of Independence of Republic of Kazakhstan” medal, with the order of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan in 2016. 2018 – Turkic World Honor medal