Igor Raufovich Ashurbeyli is an Azerbaijani-Russian scientist, businessman and a Head of the micronation Asgardia, the Space Nation.
15 Facts About Igor Ashurbeyli
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Igor Ashurbeyli is the leader of the Party of Russia's Rebirth since 2016.
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Igor Ashurbeyli was the CEO of Scientific Production Association Almaz from 2000 to 2011.
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Igor Ashurbeyli is the founder and chairman of the board of Socium Holding.
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Igor Ashurbeyli has a Doctorate of Science in engineering and a PhD in engineering, with a specialization in computer science.
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Igor Ashurbeyli was born on 9 September 1963, in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, a descendant of the Azerbaijani noble family of Ashurbeyov.
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Igor Ashurbeyli graduated from the Azerbaijan State Oil Academy in 1985.
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From 2004, Igor Ashurbeyli was the chairman of the board of the nonprofit non-government Expert Society on Space Threat Defense.
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Igor Ashurbeyli was awarded the Russian Federation Government Prize in Science and Technology of 2009.
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On 5 February 2016, Igor Ashurbeyli was awarded the UNESCO Medal for contributions to the development of nanoscience and nanotechnologies during a ceremony held at UNESCO headquarters, Paris, France.
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Igor Ashurbeyli founded the Aerospace International Research Center in Vienna, Austria, in 2013.
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In 2014, the center began publication of an international space journal, ROOM, of which Igor Ashurbeyli is the editor-in-chief.
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On 25 June 2018, in Vienna, Austria in Hofburg Palace, Igor Ashurbeyli was inaugurated as Asgardia's Head of Nation.
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On 25 December 2015, Igor Ashurbeyli became the Chairman of the Imperial Orthodox Palestine Society Council in the state of Israel, which was created in 2015 as an IOPS directorate in the State of Israel to manage the St Sergius Metochion in Jerusalem, which opened in July 2017 after repairs and restoration was completed in November 2016, and to support religious tourism and pilgrimage from the Russian Federation into Israel.
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On 17 June 2016, Igor Ashurbeyli was elected new leader of the Party of Russia's Rebirth after the death of Gennady Seleznyov.