Rafael Khanali oglu Allahverdiyev (Azerbaijani: Rəfael Xanəli oğlu Allahverdiyev) (9 May 1945 – 11 January 2009) was an Azerbaijani politician, co-founder of the New Azerbaijan Party and the second Mayor of Baku, capital of Azerbaijan.
He had graduated from Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences in 1974 and from Western University in 1994 with a degree in management.
[citation needed] In 1971 through 1983, he held various positions at the Central Committee of Azerbaijan Communist Party.
[citation needed] From 1983 until 1988, Allahverdiyev served as the head of executive power of Narimanov district of Baku, and from 1988 to 1993, as the director of operations of International Bank of Azerbaijan.
[1][3] Allahverdiyev suffered from a long illness and died on 11 January 2009 from brain cancer.