12 Facts About Ilgar Mammadov

Ilgar Mammadov is an opposition politician in Azerbaijan, and one of the leaders of the Republican Alternative Party.

In March 2014, Ilgar Mammadov was sentenced to 7 years in jail.

Ilgar Mammadov was released from prison on August 13,2018.

Ilgar Mammadov was one of the founders of the National Committee for European Integration and the first chairman of the Committee.

Ilgar Mammadov is director of the Council of Europe's School of Political Studies in Azerbaijan.

Ilgar Mammadov is a member of the advisory boards of the Black Sea Trust for Regional Cooperation and Revenue Watch Institute.

Since 2006, Ilgar Mammadov has been a member of the Board of the Open Society Institute of Azerbaijan.

Ilgar Mammadov left the party in 2003 due to growing policy disagreements.

Ilgar Mammadov was banned from TV and radio after his 19 March 2009 republicanist speech on ANS TV live.

Ilgar Mammadov had protested against the conduct of the 18 March 2009 referendum that removed term limits from the President's office, and thus permitted, in principle, a President for life.

Ilgar Mammadov was arrested on February 4,2013, after traveling to Ismayilli, a town in Northern Azerbaijan in which there had been civil disturbance, following alleged repression by the local governor.

Ilgar Mammadov subsequently was sentenced to seven years imprisonment, in March 2014.