Gular Ahmadova | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Azerbaijan Parliament for Khatai II | |
| In office 5 November 2000 – 4 October 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Igbal Aghazadeh |
| Succeeded by | Fuad Muradov |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Gular Mikayil qizi Aliyeva 20 August 1965 Baku, Azerbaijan |
| Political party | New Azerbaijan Party (until 2013) Modern Equality Party (from 2020) |
| Spouse | Fikrat Ahmadov |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | Azerbaijan State Pedagogical University |
| Profession | mathematician, psychologist |
| Committees | International and Interparliamentary Relations Committee, EU—Azerbaijan Parliament Cooperation Committee |
| Website | www.gularahmadova.com (now defunct) |
Gular Mikayil qizi Ahmadova (Azerbaijani: Gülər Əhmədova), née Aliyeva (born 20 August 1965 in Baku), is a retired Azerbaijani politician, former member of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan and former member of the ruling New Azerbaijan Party.
She gained notoriety in 2012 after a video shot on a hidden camera was released, featuring Ahmadova negotiating a bribe sum with lawyer and fellow party member Elshad Abdullayev to help arrange, among other things, his election to the Azerbaijani parliament. The corruption scandal which ensued became known as Gulargate (by analogy with the Watergate scandal) and led to Ahmadova's stepping down as an MP and later arrest and expulsion from the party. She was sentenced to three years in prison for embezzlement and failure to report a grave offence, but her prison term was suspended 14 months into the sentence.