Rashid Javanshir
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Rashid Javanshir is an Azerbaijani
executive. In 2001, he was the president of Shah Daniz, Inam and Alov, three of BP
's (formerly British Petroleum) major PSA's (production sharing agreement
). In 2006, Javanshir was the vice-president of BP-Azerbaijan, and in August 2009 he was appointed president.
Azerbaijani people
The Azerbaijanis are a Turkic-speaking people living mainly in northwestern Iran and the Republic of Azerbaijan, as well as in the neighbourhood states, Georgia, Russia and formerly Armenia. Commonly referred to as Azeris or Azerbaijani Turks , they also live in a wider area from the Caucasus to...
executive. In 2001, he was the president of Shah Daniz, Inam and Alov, three of BP
BP
BP p.l.c. is a global oil and gas company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the third-largest energy company and fourth-largest company in the world measured by revenues and one of the six oil and gas "supermajors"...
's (formerly British Petroleum) major PSA's (production sharing agreement
Production sharing agreement
Production sharing agreements are a common type of contract signed between a government and a resource extraction company concerning how much of the resource extracted from the country each will receive....
). In 2006, Javanshir was the vice-president of BP-Azerbaijan, and in August 2009 he was appointed president.