Asgar Adil oglu Rasulov

Asgar Adil oglu Rasulov was born on March 3, 1954, in the city of Nakhchivan. From 1960 to 1970, he studied at Secondary School No. 1 named after Akbar Agayev in Nakhchivan. From 1971 to 1976, he graduated with honors from the Turkish Language Department of the Faculty of Oriental Studies of Azerbaijan State University. In 1983, he obtained a PhD in Philology, and in 2005, a Doctor of Philology degree.

From 1976 to 1980, he worked as an interpreter in Turkey under the auspices of the USSR Committee for Foreign Economic Relations. From 1980, he worked as a laboratory assistant at Azerbaijan State University; from 1981, as a teacher; from 1985, as a senior lecturer; from 1987, as an associate professor; and from 2007, as a professor. From 1989 to 1992, he was an interpreter at the Embassy of the USSR in Ankara.

In November 2012, he was appointed Deputy Head of the National Archives Administration. In 2018, he was appointed Head of the National Archives Administration of the Republic of Azerbaijan. He is the author of approximately 10 books, including the first Turkish language textbook, 15 programs, and more than 100 scholarly articles.