Sanan Akhundov

Sanan Samandar oghlu Akhundov (, born March 28, 1932) is an Azerbaijani statesman, head of the Azerbaijan State Standardization and Metrology Center, Permanent Representative of the Azerbaijan SSR Council of Ministers to the USSR Council of Ministers (1987–1989), Minister of Local Industry of the Azerbaijan SSR (1982–1987).

Biography Sanan Akhundov was born on March 28, 1932, in Baku. In 1950, he graduated from secondary school in Baku, and in 1955, he graduated from the Institute of Automechanics in Moscow.

Sanan Akhundov, who started working at the Baku Electric Machine Building Plant in 1958, worked here as a foreman, field, and then workshop chief, deputy chief engineer of the plant. In 1968–1972, he worked as the director of the Automobile Spare Parts Plant of the Ministry of Automobile Industry of the USSR, in 1972–1976 as the director of the Baku Household Air Conditioners Plant, in 1976–1982 as the director of the Union Electric Machinery BIB Household Air Conditioners Plant. He was awarded the orders of "Lenin", "October Revolution", "Red Banner of Labour", a number of medals and twice the honorary decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Azerbaijan SSR. In 1991, he was awarded the honorary title of "Honored Engineer of Azerbaijan SSR".