Politics
From September 1991 to April 1994 he worked as chief assistant of the Chairman of the Supreme Assembly of Nakhchivan AR, from April 1994 to December 1995 the first deputy of the Prime Minister of the Nakhchivan AR on foreign economical relations.
He supported Heydar Aliyev after his return from Moscow to Nakhchivan to seize power and participated in the establishment of the New Azerbaijan Party (NAP) founded by Haydar Aliyev. He is a member of the Political Council and Presidium of the NAP. He is the Head of Nakhchivan AR Organization of the NAP since April 8, 1995.
Vasif Talibov has been elected as deputy of the Supreme Assembly of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic on November 12, 1995, on November 5, 2000, on November 6, 2005, and on November 7, 2010. He has also been elected as Chairman of the Supreme Assembly and Head of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic on December 16, 1995, on December 7, 2000, on November 28, 2005 and December 3, 2010 during the primary sessions respectively.
He was elected as a member to Coordination Council in the first (2001), second (2006) and third (2011) congresses of the World Azerbaijanis.
Talibov promoted Nakhchivan's relations to its neighbours Turkey and Iran an also to the Azerbaijanis living in Northern Iran. He also initiated regularly contacts to the highly developped Austrian region of "Styria" exchanging experience in trade, tourism and environment protection.
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