Elin Suleymanov
Consul General
On November 14, 2005, the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev appointed Elin Suleymanov as Azerbaijan’s first Consul General to Los Angeles, California with personal rank of Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary. Prior to that he served as Senior Counselor at the Foreign Relations Department, Office of the President in Baku, Azerbaijan and as Press Officer of the Azerbaijani Embassy in Washington, DC. Before joining diplomatic service, Mr. Suleymanov worked with United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Azerbaijan and with the Open Media Research Institute in Prague, Czech Republic.
A graduate of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy in Medford, Massachusetts, Mr. Suleymanov also holds graduate degrees from the Political Geography department of the Moscow State University, Russia, and from the University of Toledo, Ohio. Mr. Suleymanov speaks Azerbaijani, English, Russian and Czech languages.
For Elin Suleymanov’s profile by the Fletcher School click here
Selected articles and interviews by Elin Suleymanov:
-America needs long-termregional strategy
-Azerbaijani Consulate General in LA hosts seminar for students in California
-The Price of Freedom: Remembering January 20, 1990; The Huffington Pos
- Azeri consul in LA: "Turkey recognizes Azerbaijan's leading regional role
- The Promise of Visionary Pragmatism
- Making history in person: View from Azerbaijan
Presentation by Elin Suleymanov at Colorado Foothills World Affairs Council, October 21, 2008
Azerbaijan Consul General Elin Suleymanov speaks in Colorado
Azerbaijan, Wyoming share same values, by Elin Suleymanov Wyoming News
Talking Nagorno-Karabakh issue, Turkish Journal, Saturday, August 9,2008
For many Azerbaijanis, Karabakh is home; Turkish Daily News, Saturday, June 14, 2008 http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=107183
Azerbaijan Consul General Suleymanov finds kinship on the reservation
Consul General's interview with Bill Handel at KFI AM -640
Expanding Westward - Azerbaijan International, Autumn 2006, (14/3)
Diplomats and Scholars Share Insights on the Caucasus and Russia's
Consul General's interview to Azeri-Press Agency (APA)
The fires of opportunity? Turkish Daily News, September 15, 2006
"Ali and Nino" by Kurban Said. Inside the Soul of a Caucasian.
Book Review by Elin Suleymanov
Azerbaijan, Azerbaijanis and the Search for Identity
Emergence of New Political Identity in the South Caucasus: Energy, Security, Strategic Location and Pragmatism
Shusha: The Broken Heart of Karabakh
Boxcars, Dugout Shelters and Promises to Keep. Azerbaijan's Refugees
Ten Years On; UN Resolutions Still Not Implemented
Youth in Search of the Future. Identity Changes in Post-Soviet Azerbaijan


