What is Zelimkhan Yaqub?
[[File:Zəlimxan Yaqub.JPG|thumb|Yaqub in September 2013.]] '''Zelimkhan Yaqub''' ({{Lang-az|Zəlimxan Yaqub}}; 21 January 1950 &ndash; 9 January 2016) was an [[Azerbaijan]]i poet. He served as a deputy of the [[National Assembly of Azerbaijan]] from 1995 to 2005. He was also named the national poet of Azerbaijan in 2005. He was born in [[Bolnisi Municipality]], [[Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic|Georgian SSR]], [[Soviet Union]]. Yaqub died on 9 January 2016 in [[Baku]], aged 65.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://azeridaily.com/society/14971|title=People's poet of Azerbaijan has died|work=Azeri Daily|date=10 January 2016|access-date=11 January 2016|archive-date=15 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160215164200/http://azeridaily.com/society/14971|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{Commons category}} {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Yaqub, Zelimkhan}} [[Category:1950 births]] [[Category:2016 deaths]] [[Category:Azerbaijani poets]] [[Category:Azerbaijani politicians]] {{Bio-stub}}