Participation of the Azerbaijani Representative at the 10th International Gas Conference (Hamburg, 1967)

Based on the official records of the 10th International Gas Conference (Hamburg, 1967), this working paper analyzes the participation of Abutalib Miragaevich Abdullaev (Azerbaijani: Abutalıb Mir Ağa oğlu Abdullayev), Head of the Main Gas Administration of the Ministry of Communal Economy of the Azerbaijan SSR, in this international scientific and technical forum. The study demonstrates that within the structure of the Soviet delegation, high-level republican executives primarily performed administrativeexpert and state-representative functions. Abdullaev’s status is defined as a combination of an expert-managerial role and official representation of the gas industry of the Azerbaijan SSR within a unified union delegation.