Biography Details
| 1974 | Finished Baku High School No. 62 |
| 1979 | Graduated from the Faculty of History, Baku State University (BSU) |
| 1979–1982 | Worked at the Nakhichevan Research Center |
| 1982–1990 | Azerbaijan's Academy of Sciences Researched at the Institute of Oriental Studies |
| 1989–1991 | Academy of Sciences and one of the founders and leaders of the Popular Front of Azerbaijan (PFA) |
| 1990–1991 | Deputy Chairman of PFA |
| 1990 | Member of Parliament (MP) |
| 1991–1992 | Chairman of the Parliamentary Commission on Foreign Relations. |
| 1992 | Elected Baskan (Chairman) by the Congress of Restoration Committee of Musavat. |
| May 1992 | Elected Parliamentary Speaker |
| June 16, 1992 | Acting President of the Azerbaijan Republic. Prepared the country for democratic election |
| June 13, 1993 | Resigned after overthrow of democratically elected president of Azerbaijan |
| July 16, 1993 | Arrested by the rebel forces that seized the power led by Heydar Aliyev |
| 1999, 2001–2003 | Co-Founder and Chairman of the Democratic Congress that included Azerbaijan's leading political parties |
| 2000 | Awarded the prize "A Friend of Journalists" |
| 2003 | Single presidential candidate for the opposition electoral bloc “Bizim Azərbaycan” (“Our Azerbaijan”) that associated more than 30 parties. |
İsa Qambar is married and has two sons. His wife, Aida Bağırova, is a Doctor of History, a Professor at Baku State University.
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