Polad Bülbüloğlu, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Polad Bülbüloğlu

Azerbaijani singer, actor and politician

Date of Birth: 04-Feb-1945

Place of Birth: Baku

Profession: actor, composer, politician, singer, diplomat

Nationality: Azerbaijan

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Polad Bülbüloglu (Azerbaijani: Polad Murtuza oglu M?mm?dov; born February 4, 1945) is a Soviet and Azerbaijani singer, actor, politician, and diplomat.
Bülbüloglu became famous in the Soviet Union with composing jazz-influenced pop songs which has heavy Azeri folk feelings in Russian and Azerbaijani languages.
He also sang his own songs.
Three of his songs became Songs of the Year and he received numerous prestigious awards in the Soviet Union.
Bülbüloglu is a lyrical tenor. In the late 1990s, despite having a huge success with a new version arranged by Paul Buckmaster of his old song G?l Ey S?h?r (Come, Hey Morning!) in Turkey and sold out concerts in Russia, Bülbüloglu started a political career.
He became the Minister of Culture of Azerbaijan and is currently the Azerbaijani ambassador to Russia.In 2017, he was a candidate to the post of Director-General of UNESCO.
He withdrew his candidacy on October 10 after getting only 2 votes in the first round of the election.