Farid Gayibov
Farid Gayibov | |
|---|---|
Fərid Qayıbov | |
.jpg) Gayibov in 2019 | |
| Minister of Youth and Sports | |
| Assumed office 7 September 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Azad Rahimov |
| President of European Gymnastics | |
| Assumed office 2 December 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Georges Guelzec |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 24, 1979 Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR |
| Children | 3 |
| Education | Azerbaijan State Institute of Economics |
Farid Fazil oghlu Gayibov (Azerbaijani: Fərid Fazil oğlu Qayıbov, born 24 April 1979) is the Minister of Youth and Sports and Vice-President of the National Olympic Committee of Azerbaijan since 2021. He also served as the President of European Gymnastics since 2017 (He was re-appointed to this position in 2022), member of the FIG Executive Committee, Chairman of UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for Physical Education and Sport (2022-2023). Farid Gayibov has been unanimously elected as a vice-chairman of the International Convention against Doping in Sport on the sidelines of the Conference of Parties (COP) to the International Convention against Doping in Sport held at UNESCO (2023-).
He is re-appointed as the Minister of Youth and Sport in the Order of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan on new composition of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Azerbaijan in February 16, 2024.
Biography
[edit]Farid Gayibov was born on April 24, 1979, in Baku, Azerbaijan. In 1995, he graduated from the secondary school No. 1 in Baku. In the same year, he was admitted to the Faculty of Business Organization and Management at the Azerbaijan State Institute of Economics under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Azerbaijan. In 1999, he obtained a bachelor's degree in Business Management, and in 2001, he earned a master's degree in the same field.[1]
In 2014, he received the academic title of Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences from the Lesgaft National State University of Physical Education, Sport and Health in Saint Petersburg, Russia.[1]
Farid Gayibov is married and has two sons and a daughter.
Activity
[edit]Activity in the oil field
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From 2000 to 2001, he worked in the warehouse of the State Oil Company of the Republic of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) in the "Balakhanineft" Oil and Gas Production Department. In 2001–2003, he served as an economist in the Planning Department of SOCAR's Balakhanineft Oil and Gas Production Department.
Activity in the field of sports
[edit]From 2003 to 2005, he held the position of sports and logistics manager at the Azerbaijan Gymnastics Federation (AGF), actively contributing to the organization of 3 World Cups in Rhythmic Gymnastics (2003, 2004, 2005), the local organizing committees of the 27th World Cup (2005) and International Judges' Course (2007) in Artistic Gymnastics held in Baku.
In 2005–2006, Farid Gayibov was the General Manager at AGF, and in 2006, he was elected Secretary General of the Federation during the reporting election conference. In 2006–2007, 2008–2009 and 2013–2014, he served as the executive director of the local organizing committees for three European Gymnastics events (2007, 2009, 2014) held in Baku. In 2008, he became a member of the council of the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) for the 2008–2012 Olympic period during the 77th Congress of the Federation held in Helsinki, Finland.[2]
On December 25, 2010, Farid Gayibov was re-elected as Secretary General of the AGF, and became a member of the council of FIG at the 79th Congress of FIG in 2012 held in Cancún, Mexico.[3] On December 7, 2013, he became the Vice-President of the European Gymnastics Union in the 25th congress of the union held in Portorož, Slovenia.[4] The same year, he was selected as a member of the National Olympic Committee of Azerbaijan (NOC).
From 2013 to 2014, he organized coaching courses for the FIG Academy and from 2014 to 2015, he chaired the Executive Committee for the Local Organizing Committee of the Joint Open Azerbaijani Championship for the test tournament on 6 disciplines of gymnastics for 2015 European Games. He also worked as a consultant for gymnastics competitions within the inaugural event in 2014–2015.[5]
On December 24, 2015, during the Executive Committee meeting of the AGF, he was re-elected to the position of Chief Secretary of the federation. In the years 2015–2016, in Baku, he held the position of Executive Director of the local organizing committees of the FIG World Cup (held in 2016 and 2017) in Artistic Gymnastics (AGF Trophy, part of the "Challenge" series in 2016), FIG World Cup in Rhythmic Gymnastics (AGF Trophy), and FIG World Cup in Trampoline Gymnastics (AGF Trophy). He held the position of Executive Director of the local organizing committees of gymnastics competitions within the framework of FIG's Aerobic Gymnastics and Acrobatics Gymnastics Continental Judging and International Judging Courses, Men's Artistic Gymnastics International Judging Courses (2017), FIG Congress (2017), and the 4th Islamic Solidarity Games (2017).
Farid Gayibov has been a participant of the European Gymnastics Union and FIG Congresses, a member of the representative delegation of the Olympic Games (Beijing 2008, London 2012, and Rio 2016), the head of the representative delegations for various gymnastic disciplines in European and World Championships. From 2014 to 2017, he served as the President of the Appeal Judges Brigade in European Championships for gymnastic disciplines (by appointment). In 2016–2017, he held the position of Executive Director in the local organizing committees for intercontinental and international judging and courses (2017), FIG Congress (2017), and for gymnastics competitions during the 4th Islamic Solidarity Games (2017).
On December 1–2, 2017, Farid Qayıbov was elected as the President of the European Gymnastics Union (UEG) during the 27th Congress held in Split, Croatia. His election to the presidency led to his resignation from the position of Secretary-General of the Federation. Since 2018, he has been the acting president of the UEG (renamed as European Gymnastics as on April 1, 2020) and has been a member of the Executive Committee of the International Gymnastics Federation by default. As the President of European Gymnastics, he leads the President's Council, Executive Committee, and General Assembly of the organization, representing European Gymnastics within the Executive Committee of the International Gymnastics Federation. As a member of the Executive Committee of the International Gymnastics Federation, he also served as a member of the Appeal Judges Brigade for gymnastics events during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
On September 7, 2021, according to the decree of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Farid Gayibov was appointed as the Minister of Youth and Sports of the Republic of Azerbaijan.[6] On 16 December of the same year, he was elected as the Vice-President of the National Olympic Committee of Azerbaijan.[7]
On May 26, 2022, he was elected as the president of the Intergovernmental Committee for Physical Education and Sport during the extraordinary session of the committee at UNESCO headquarters.[8] His chairmanship ended on November 21, 2023.
On December 3, 2022 Farid Gayibov was re-elected President of the European Gymnastics in the 29th Congress of European Gymnastics in Albufeira, Portugal.[9] On June 23, 2022, he chaired the 3rd session of the Permanent Council of Youth and Sports Ministers of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation held in Baku. On February 7, 2023, by the decree of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Farid Gayibov was appointed as a member of the Organizing Committee of the 74th International Astronautical Congress held in Baku.[10]
On March 11, 2023, he was designated as the Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the 7th International Conference of Ministers and Senior Officials Responsible for Physical Education and Sport (MINEPS VII) by the presidential decree.[11] He chaired the conference on 26–29 June, 2023. At the same time, he was unanimously elected as a vice-chairman of the International Convention against Doping in Sport on the sidelines of the Conference of Parties (COP) to the International Convention against Doping in Sport held at UNESCO Headquarters, in Paris.[12] On November 8-9 of the same year, Farid Gayibov co-chaired the seventh meeting of the ministers responsible for youth and sports of the Organization of Turkic States (TDT) in Basgal village of Ismayilli district.[13]
Lecturing activity
[edit]Farid Gayibov was a lecturer in "International Sports Management System and Olympic movement” at the Azerbaijan State Academy of Physical Education and Sports in March–May 2019. He led the Research, Communication and Innovation Internship for Master Degree students of the Sports Management Faculty at the Azerbaijan State Academy of Physical Education and Sports in September–October 2020.
Awards and prizes
[edit]Gayibov was awarded with the FIG Bronze Distinction as a twice-elected member to the FIG Council (2008 and 2012) at the closing of the 81st Congress of the FIG in Tokyo, Japan, in October. He was awarded with the FIG "Recognition" Medal by this organization at the 17th FIG Council, which was held in Baku in 2017.
On 18 December 2017, he was awarded with the Honorary Diploma of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan for his contribution to the development of sports in our country according to the order of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev.[14]
Gayibov was awarded with the title of "The Sports Figure of the Year” in 2018 and 2022 by Sports Research Centre within the framework of "The Year's Winners” project. In 2023, he was awarded with a special medal by the Lithuanian National Olympic Committee.
On April 3-7, 2024, Farid Gayibov was awarded the medal of the Portuguese Gymnastics Federation at the European Championship held in Guimarães, Portugal.[15] On February 2, 2024, he was awarded with the Jubilee medal "100 years of Heydar Aliyev (1923–2023)".
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Bronze medal, FIG Congress, Tokyo, Japan, 2016 -
"Recognition” medal, FIG Council, Baku, Azerbaijan, 2017 -
Gayibov was awarded with the title of "Sports figure of the Year” in 2018 by Sports Research Centre as a part of "The year’s winners–2018” project -
Gayibov was awarded with the title of "The Year`s Sports Figure” in 2022 by Sports Research Centre as a part of "The year’s winners” project. -
Special medal awarded by Lithuanian Olympic Committee
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Fərid Fazil oğlu Qayıbov – Gənclər və İdman Nazirliyi". www.mys.gov.az (in Azerbaijani). Retrieved 6 October 2023.
- ^ "AZƏRBAYCAN GİMNASTİKA FEDERASİYASININ BAŞ KATİBİ BEYNƏLXALQ FEDERASİYA ŞURASININ ÜZVÜ SEÇİLMİŞDİR" (in Azerbaijani). Azartac. 20 October 2008. Archived from the original on 20 September 2018. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
- ^ "Azərbaycan Gimnastika Federasiyasının baş katibi Beynəlxalq Gimnastika Federasiyasının Şurasına yenidən üzv seçilmişdir" (in Azerbaijani). AzerTAc. 29 October 2012. Archived from the original on 25 September 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
- ^ "Azərbaycan Gimnastika Federasiyasının baş katibi Avropa Gimnastika İttifaqının vitse-prezidenti seçilib" (in Azerbaijani). Trend News Agency. 7 December 2013. Archived from the original on 25 September 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
- ^ Rövşən Əhlimanoğlu (6 April 2015). "Fərid Qayıbov: "I Avropa Oyunlarını ölkəmizin idman tarixi üçün böyük nailiyyət və uğur hesab etmək olar"" (in Azerbaijani). Report. Archived from the original on 25 September 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
- ^ "Fərid Qayıbov gənclər və idman naziri təyin edilib". Report Information Agency (in Azerbaijani). Retrieved 7 September 2021.
- ^ "Fərid Qayıbov MOK-un vitse-prezidenti, Azər Əliyev isə baş katibi oldu". Qafqazinfo (in Azerbaijani). 16 December 2021. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
- ^ "Fərid Qayıbov UNESCO-da komitə sədri seçilib". Report İnformasiya Agentliyi (in Azerbaijani). 24 May 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
- ^ "Fərid Qayıbov yenidən Avropa Gimnastikasının prezidenti seçildi". Trend.Az (in Azerbaijani). 3 December 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
- ^ "74-cü Beynəlxalq Astronavtika Konqresinin 2023-cü ildə Bakı şəhərində keçirilməsi ilə əlaqədar Təşkilat Komitəsinin yaradılması haqqında Azərbaycan Respublikası Prezidentinin Sərəncamı". president.az (in Azerbaijani). Retrieved 6 October 2023.
- ^ "Bədən Tərbiyəsi və İdman üzrə Nazirlərin və Yüksək Vəzifəli Şəxslərin VII Beynəlxalq Konfransının (MİNEPS VII) 2023-cü ildə Bakı şəhərində keçirilməsi ilə əlaqədar Təşkilat Komitəsinin yaradılması haqqında Azərbaycan Respublikası Prezidentinin Sərəncamı". president.az (in Azerbaijani). Retrieved 6 October 2023.
- ^ "Farid Gayibov elected as vice-chairman of International Convention against Doping in Sport".
- ^ "Türk Dövlətləri Təşkilatının gənclər və idman nazirlərinin yeddinci iclası Basqalda keçirilib". Archived from the original on 9 November 2023. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
- ^ "Azərbaycan Prezidenti: Fərid Qayıbovun Avropa Gimnastika İttifaqının prezidenti seçilməsi tarixi nəticədir" (in Azerbaijani). Trend News Agency. 18 December 2017. Archived from the original on 25 September 2018. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
- ^ "Fərid Qayıbova Portuqaliyada medal təqdim olunub". Archived from the original on 9 April 2024. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
External links
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- "Fərid Qayıbovun Avropa Gimnastika İttifaqının prezidenti seçilməsi Azərbaycanın yüksək təşkilatçılıq qabiliyyətinə verilən qiymətdir" (in Azerbaijani). AzerTac. 6 December 2017. Archived from the original on 25 September 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2018.