Ziyafat Asgarov

Ziyafat Abbas oglu Asgarov (Azerbaijani: Ziyafət Abbas oğlu Əsgərov; born 24 October 1963) is a professor and an Azerbaijani politician serving as the First Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan.

Asgarov was born on 24 October 1963 in Aşağı Uzunoba village of Babek Rayon, Nakhchivan AR of Azerbaijan.

In 1995, he was one of the members of the working group of a commission which drafted the Constitution of Azerbaijan.

One of his notable students is Subhan Aliyev, a leading jurist on administrative law in Azerbaijan.

Asgarov was again re-elected to the National Assembly from 76th Lankaran-Astara electoral district in November 2010 parliamentary elections and remains the First Deputy Speaker of Azerbaijani Parliament.