Political Career
In 1996, Guliyev was elected to the National Assembly of Azerbaijan (Milli Mejlis). In October 1999, he was appointed the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan Republic by the President Heydar Aliyev. In 2004, Guliyev was appointed Ambassador of Azerbaijan to Poland. He has since played a significant role in facilitating military cooperation of signing of military-technical memorandum with Poland and sparking interest of Polish government in transportation of Azerbaijani oil and gas to Poland and Ukraine through Odessa-Brody-Gdansk pipeline. In 2010, Guliyev was appointed Ambassador of Azerbaijan to Hungary.
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“It is my settled opinion, after some years as a political correspondent, that no one is attracted to a political career in the first place unless he is socially or emotionally crippled.”
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