Ramil Hasan (Azerbaijani: Ramil Həsən) is an Azerbaijani diplomat. He served as the Secretary-General of the Organization of Turkic States between July 2014 to July 2018. He also was the secretary-general of the Parliamentary Assembly of Turkic-speaking States (TURKPA).[1]

Ramil Hasan
Ramil Həsən
2nd Secretary-General of the Organization of Turkic States
In office
3 July 2018 – 16 July 2014
Preceded byHalil Akıncı
Succeeded byBaghdad Amreyev
Personal details
Born (1978-09-23) 23 September 1978 (age 46)
Qafan, Soviet Union
Political partyNew Azerbaijan Party

Early life

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Hasan was born on September 23, 1978, in the Gafan district of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic. Ramil Hasan graduated from Baku State University with a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in the history of international relations. He has the diplomatic rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the first class.[2]

Career

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Hasan served as a Member of the Board of Qaradağ Municipality during 1999-2002.

Between 2002 and 2010, Hasan worked as a Head of the Department at the State Committee on Work with Diaspora. He also served as the chairman of the youth branch of the New Azerbaijan Party from 2005 to 2010.

Between 2008 and 2014, Hasan lectured “Contemporary Azerbaijani Foreign Policy” at the Faculty of International Relations of Baku State University. Hasan was elected as the first Secretary General of TURKPA for a four-year term held on 29 September 2009 in Baku.

Hasan was appointed as the Secretary General of the Cooperation Council of Turkic Speaking States on 5 June 2014.[3]

Personal life

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Aside from his native language, Hasan also speaks English, Russian and Turkish. He is married and has 2 children.

Awards and titles

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Ramil Hasan was awarded the gold medal of the Crans Montana Forum.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Turkic cooperation institutions gathered at TURKPA Secretariat - Turk-PA.org". turk-pa.org. 8 February 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Former Secretaries General". Türk Devletleri Teşkilatı. 11 November 2022. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  3. ^ "6th Summit of the Turkic Council in Kyrgyzstan". www.turksoy.org. 6 September 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2022.