Kamal Mehdi Abdullayev, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Kamal Mehdi Abdullayev

philologist, badminton administrator and executive

Date of Birth: 04-Dec-1950

Place of Birth: Baku

Profession: writer, literary critic, turkologist, literary historian, sports administrator

Nationality: Azerbaijan

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Kamal Abdulla (Azerbaijani: Kamal Mehdi Abdullayev; born 4 December 1950) is an Azerbaijani scientist, national writer, public figure, Doctor of Philological Sciences, professor, honored scientist, full member of ANAS, state counselor of the 1st class. First rector of Baku Slavic University (2000–2014), state counselor of the Republic of Azerbaijan on inter-ethnic issues of multiculturalism and religion (2014–2017), rector of Azerbaijan University of Languages, chairman of Azerbaijan Culture Foundation (Azerbaijan Creative Foundation), full honorary member of Turkish Linguistic Society, full member (academician) of the International Personnel Academy (Ukraine), honorary doctor of Moscow State Pedagogical University and the Urals honorary professor of Poltava University of Economics and Trade, member of International Academy of Sciences of Turkic World Studies, academician, member of the Academy of Educational Sciences of Georgia, member of the Russian PEN Club (Moscow).
Laureate of the Supreme Award of Sofia University "Honorary Blue Ribbon Insignia". Research interests – linguistics, literature, Turkology, cultural studies.