The Voice of Mirza Xazar

Mirza Khazar (Michaeli)

Date of Birth: November 29, 1947

Place of Birth: Goychai, Azerbaijan

Family Status: Married, 3 children

Professional Experience: 1987-2003 Director, Azerbaijani Broadcast Service, Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty, Inc., Prague, Czech Republic

1985-1987 Chief, Azerbaijani Service, the Voice of America, Washington, DC, USA

1976-1985 Deputy Chief Editor, Azerbaijani Service, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Inc., Munich, Germany

1973-1974 Attorney at Law, Sumgait, Azerbaijan

Education: June, 1973 LL.B., Faculty of Law, Azerbaijan State University, Baku, Azerbaijan

1975 Special courses for lawyers from The USSR, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

1979 Hunter College, special English Courses, New York, USA

1981 Living English School, Folkstone, Great Britain

1986 Fundamentals of Equal Employment Opportunity for supervisors and Managers, Washington, DC, USA

1989 Management training seminars, Boston University, Munich Campus, Starnberg, Germany

Publications: Published translation of the Old And the New Testament into modern Azerbaijani language. The New Testament was Printed in Stockholm, 1983. Re-printed five times. Translated The Old Testament. Not published yet.

Research Work: Published many research papers on Social, economic, political, and Cultural developments in Azerbaijan, as well as other Former Soviet republics. Research Papers and articles appeared in The Bulletin of the Research Institute, RFE/RL, as well as in Azerbaijani, Turkish, Russian and Czech Press.