By Farid Zohrabov
BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 5. President Ilham
Aliyev signed a decree on celebrating the 120th anniversary of
academician Yusif Mammadaliyev, Trend reports.
According to the decree, the National Academy of Sciences of
Azerbaijan, together with the Ministry of Science and Education of
the Republic of Azerbaijan, should develop and implement a plan of
events dedicated to the 120th anniversary of Academician Yusif
Mammadaliyev.
The Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Azerbaijan should
solve the issues arising from this order.
In December 2025 the 120th anniversary of the birth of prominent
scientist and public figure, one of the organizers of the Academy
of Sciences of the Republic of Azerbaijan, corresponding member of
the USSR Academy of Sciences, laureate of the USSR State Prize,
honored worker of science, doctor of chemical sciences, academician
Yusif Mammadaliyev will be celebrated.
Academician Yusif Mammadaliyev is one of the brightest figures
of Azerbaijani science. The scientist, who created the foundations
of petrochemistry in Azerbaijan, has exceptional merits in the
development of technological processes of great applied importance
for obtaining valuable industrial products. Yusif Mammadaliyev’s
discovery of a new method of production of high-octane aviation
fuel, which became an important event in petrochemical science,
brought fame to him. The organization of several scientific
institutions and establishments in the republic is connected with
his name. The Azerbaijani petrochemical school, formed by Yusif
Mammadaliyev, who, in parallel with his fruitful pedagogical
activity, continues a wide range of fundamental research, is known
far beyond the country’s borders.