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# Azerbaijan–Ecuador relations

Bilateral relations exist between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Republic of Ecuador in the political, socio-economic, cultural and other spheres.

## Diplomatic relations

Diplomatic relations between Azerbaijan and Ecuador were established on March 22, 2004.
The Extraordinary Ambassador of Ecuador to Azerbaijan is Alejandro Ortega Almeida.

## High-level visits

In November 2010, Azerbaijan's permanent representative to the UN, Agshin Mehdiyev, paid an official visit to Ecuador.
In October 2011, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Integration of Ecuador, Riccardo Panigno Armando Arocan, paid an official visit to Baku. The Minister met with President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, Prime Minister Artur Rasizade, Chairman of the Milli Majlis Ogtay Asadov and Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov. At the end of the meeting, the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of both countries signed an agreement of intent on cooperation.
During the official visit of the Foreign Minister of Ecuador Maria Fernanda Espinosa to Baku in April 2018 to participate in the conference of Ministers of the Non-Aligned Movement, there were negotiations held with Ilham Aliyev. An agreement on cooperation in the energy sector was reached.
In May 2019, Elkhan Polukhov paid a working visit to Ecuador. The Ambassador met with the president of the committee on sovereignty, integration, foreign policy and internal security of the National Assembly of Ecuador, Fernando Flores Vazquez. Prospects for bilateral cooperation were discussed.

## Economic cooperation

In 2009, a delegation of Ecuadorian entrepreneurs arrived in Baku. They discussed the production and export of special equipment for cold storage, banana gassing, and flower growing technologies.
According to statistics from the UN Trade Office (COMTRADE), in 2014, the volume of exports of machinery and mechanical devices from Azerbaijan amounted to 1.68 thousand US dollars.
According to statistics from the UN Trade Office (COMTRADE), in 2019, the volume of flower exports from Ecuador amounted to 3.91 million US dollars.

## International cooperation

The Government of Ecuador recognizes the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan.
Ecuador supports Azerbaijan's position in the UN Security Council.
# James Crowley (basketball coach)

James Henry Crowley (January 5, 1888 – February 7, 1935) was an American basketball coach and physical education instructor, who served as head coach of the Boston College Eagles and associate director of physical education for Boston Public Schools.

## Career
### Early career

Born in the North End neighborhood of Boston, Crowley graduated from East Boston High School in 1905. At East Boston High, he was a standout center on the basketball team. On December 20, 1905, Crowley scored a career-high 95 points in a game against Chelsea High School. He then took a two-year course at the Posse-Nissen Physical Education School in Boston, and played amateur basketball as a member of the East Boston Athletic Association.

### Boston College

In 1905, Crowley became the second-ever head coach of the Boston College varsity basketball team. During his tenure until 1907, the school performed poorly on the court with only 9 wins and 21 losses.

### Boston Public Schools

On May 8, 1908, Crowley was hired as an athletic coach and physical education instructor at the High School of Commerce in Boston. While there, he coached basketball and baseball, both of which won championships. Two years later, Crowley was transferred to The English High School. The following year, he was put in charge of physical education at the school. In 1912, Crowley was transferred to West Roxbury High School, where he coached baseball. Crowley later coached at East Boston High School and Jamaica Plain High School.
In 1925, Crowley was promoted to assistant director of physical education for the Boston Public Schools. A year later, he is credited with introducing soccer to the curriculum, which soon gained popularity, as within a year, around 15,000 students turned out for the sport. On February 5, 1934, Crowley succeeded Frederick J. O’Brien as associate director of physical education for the school district.

### Death

On January 28, 1935, Crowley entered Boston City Hospital for surgery to treat a long-term illness. On February 7, 1935, he jumped from the window of his hospital room and fell fifty feet onto a concrete tunnel. Crowley was treated for internal injuries such as a fractured skull and ribs, but was soon pronounced dead. He was succeeded in his education role by Joe McKenney.
# Mine Health and Safety Council of South Africa

Mine Health and Safety Council (MHSC) is a South African national public agency that was established in accordance with the amendment of Mine Health and Safety Act, 29 of 1996. The agency has its subordinate operating and represented by state and employer, as well as labour members with supervision from the Chief Inspector of Mines. The MHSC, funded by public revenue, as well as being accountable to national assembly, advises and proposes ideas to the Minister of Mineral Resources on occupational health and safety legislation intended to promote occupational health and safety in South African mines. The agency was established in the early 1997.
# Coat of arms of the German-speaking Community of Belgium

The coat of arms that serves as the symbol of the German-speaking Community of Belgium, a federal community in Belgium, was adopted in 1990.

## History

In 1989, there was a call for proposals for a flag and coat of arms of the German-speaking Community of Belgium. The decree establishing the symbols was adopted on 1 October 1990 and published on 15 November 1990.

## Design

The coat of arms of the German-speaking Community of Belgium is blazoned as In Silber ein roter Löwe begleitet von neun blauen Fünfblättern, von einer Königskrone überhöht, which is to say Argent, a lion Gules surrounded by nine cinquefoils Azure, surmounted by a royal crown.
The red lion alludes to the coat of arms of the Duchy of Luxemburg and the historical Duchy of Limburg, and symbolizes the historical affiliation of the German-speaking community to those states. The nine gentiana flowers represent the nine municipalities of the German-speaking community. Gentiana flowers grow in High Fens, an upland area and a nature reserve in the region. The crown further shows the allegiance of the German-speaking community of Belgium to the Kingdom of Belgium itself.
# A. F. Maciejewski

Anton Frank Maciejewski (January 3, 1893 – September 25, 1949) was an American businessman and politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Illinois from 1939 to 1942.

## Biography

Born in Anderson, Texas, Maciejewski attended the public schools of Cicero, Illinois, and Lewis Institute, Chicago. He became engaged in the wholesale and retail coal business in Cicero, in 1916. He served as assistant agent in charge of relief of Cook County, Illinois from 1925 to 1928. He served as member of the Democratic State and National Committees. He served as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1928, and as supervisor and treasurer of Cicero, Illinois from 1932 to 1939.

### Congress

Maciejewski was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-sixth and Seventy-seventh Congresses and served from January 3, 1939, until his resignation on December 8, 1942. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1942.

### Later career and death

After his service in Congress, Maciejewski resumed the wholesale and retail coal business. He also engaged in the construction of defense housing.
Maciejewski was elected to the board of trustees of the sanitary district of Chicago in December 1942 and served until his death in Chicago, September 25, 1949. He was interred in Resurrection Cemetery, Justice, Illinois.
# Charles E. McKenzie

Charles Edgar Mckenzie (October 3, 1896 – June 7, 1956) was a U.S. Representative from Louisiana's 5th congressional district, based in the northeastern quadrant of his state, for two terms from 1943 to 1947.

## Biography

Born in tiny Pelican in DeSoto Parish in northwestern Louisiana, McKenzie attended public schools in Monroe in Ouachita Parish and Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge.
He volunteered for service in the Louisiana National Guard and was stationed on the Mexican border in 1916, when U.S. president Woodrow Wilson sent General John J. Pershing in an unsuccessful attempt to capture the bandit Pancho Villa. During World War I, McKenzie was mustered into the United States Army on April 1, 1917, and commissioned a second lieutenant in the 156th Infantry, which saw service overseas in the 39th and 89th divisions from June 1918, to September 1919.
From 1919 to 1921, McKenzie engaged in petroleum drilling at Wichita Falls and nearby Burkburnett, Texas. He returned to Monroe and operated businesses relating to oil, natural gas, finance-brokerage, trucking, and insurance. He also had agricultural pursuits.
From 1940 to 1942, McKenzie served as executive assistant director in the former Louisiana Department of Highways, now the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development. Thereafter, he was the director of planning, housing, and aeronautics in the Louisiana Department of Public Works in 1942 and 1943. Both assignments were during the administration of Governor Sam H. Jones, a figure in the anti-Long faction.

### Congress

In 1943, McKenzie challenged incumbent congressman Newt V. Mills for the Democratic nomination and won by a small margin. The election results were challenged by Mills. Ultimately, Mills dropped the challenge and conceded to McKenzie. McKenzie was elected as a Democrat to the 78th and 79th Congresses (January 3, 1943–January 3, 1947). McKenzie was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1946, having lost to Otto E. Passman, a favorite of the Long faction.

### Later career and death

McKenzie then resumed supervision of his business enterprises in Monroe, where he died at the age of fifty-nine. He is interred there at Riverview Cemetery.
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# Martin B. McKneally

Martin Boswell McKneally (December 31, 1914 – June 14, 1992) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New York. He also served as the National Commander of The American Legion from 1959 to 1960.

## Early life and education

McKneally was born in Newburgh, New York, the son of George F. and Ellen (née Lahey) McKneally. He attended Newburgh's public schools, and graduated from Newburgh Free Academy. McKneally graduated from the College of the Holy Cross in 1936 and Fordham University School of Law in 1940. McKneally was admitted to the bar and practiced law in Newburgh and New York City.

## Military service

McKneally was drafted in 1941. He attended The JAG School (then at University of Michigan) and entered U.S. Army JAG Corps. He received his commission as a second lieutenant in the Army Judge Advocate General's Corps. He taught military law at Grinnell College, then deployed to the Pacific theater. In the Pacific, he served on the staff Lieutenant General Robert C. Richardson, commander of the Central Pacific Area. He was released from service in 1946 with the rank of major.

## Continued career

He was New York's state American Legion commander from 1957 to 1958, and national American Legion commander from 1959 until 1960. His administration of the American Legion was notable in that he disaffiliated the 40 and 8 Society from the Legion due to their racially discriminatory membership requirements.
McKneally was active in local government, and served as president of Newburgh's school board. He was a special counsel to Lieutenant Governor Malcolm Wilson from 1960 to 1968, and counsel to the 1964 World's Fair from 1961 to 1965. In 1968, he was elected to Congress, defeating Democratic incumbent John G. Dow. He served from January 3, 1969, until January 3, 1971.

## Tax evasion charges

McKneally was a candidate for re-election in 1970, but it was revealed during the last month of the 1970 campaign that he had not paid Federal income taxes for many years. He claimed that the IRS had over withheld him, but the voters did not believe him and he was defeated by Dow, 52% to 48%. McKneally was later found guilty of tax evasion and sentenced to one year of probation and fined.

## Death and burial

McKneally never married and had no children. His siblings included his brother George, who served as mayor of Newburgh. He died at the Veterans Administration facility in Castle Point, New York on June 14, 1992. He was buried at Cedar Hill Cemetery and Mausoleum in Newburgh.
# Homer C. Parker

Homer Cling Parker (September 25, 1885 – June 22, 1946) was a U.S. Representative from Georgia.
Born in Baxley, Georgia, Parker attended the public schools. He graduated from Statesboro High School, Statesboro, Georgia in 1904 and Mercer University, Macon, Georgia in 1908. He was in the United States Army from 1917 to 1922 during the World War I era, where he was a captain in the infantry. He continued in the Judge Advocate General's Corps, United States Army and was stationed at Camp Gordon, Georgia, becoming a major.
He was a lawyer in private practice. He served as solicitor of the city court from 1914 to 1917. He served as mayor of Statesboro, Georgia from 1924 to 1927. He served in the Georgia National Guard from 1927 to 1931 and was appointed as the state adjutant general.
Parker was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-second Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative Charles G. Edwards. He was reelected to the Seventy-third Congress (September 9, 1931 – January 3, 1935). He served as chair of the Committee on Elections No. 1 (Seventy-third Congress). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1934. He was appointed comptroller general of Georgia, 1936–1937.
Parker was elected comptroller general of Georgia from 1940 to 1946. He died on June 22, 1946, in Atlanta, Georgia. He was interred in East Side Cemetery, Statesboro, Georgia.
# Donald Lawrence O'Toole

Donald Lawrence O'Toole (August 1, 1902 – September 12, 1964) was an American lawyer and politician who served eight terms as a United States representative from New York from 1937 to 1953.

## Biography

Born in Brooklyn, he attended public and parochial schools, graduated from St. James Academy in Brooklyn in 1916, and from the law department of Fordham University in 1925. He was a postgraduate student at Columbia University and New York University, then was admitted to the bar in 1927, commencing practice in New York City.

### Political career

He was a member of the board of aldermen from 1934 to 1936.

#### Congress

He was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-fifth and to the seven succeeding Congresses, holding office from January 3, 1937, to January 3, 1953. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1952 to the Eighty-third Congress and for election in 1954 to the Eighty-fourth Congress, and resumed the practice of law.

### Later career and death

He also served as executive director of New York State Department of Commerce and Industry from 1955 to 1957 and commissioner of the department from August 1, 1958, to April 29, 1959.
A resident of Brooklyn, he died in Ocala, Florida, in 1964. Interment was in Holy Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn.
# Emory H. Price

Emory Hilliard Price (December 3, 1899 – February 11, 1976) was a U.S. Representative from Florida.

## Biography

Born in Bostwick, Florida, Price attended the public schools of Duval County, Florida. He graduated from Jacksonville (Florida) Law College in 1936. He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Jacksonville, Florida.

## Political career

He served as member of the city council of Jacksonville from 1929 to 1932. Price was the Supervisor of Registration of Duval County from 1932 to 1942.

### Congress

Price was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-eighth and to the two succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1949). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1948 to the Eighty-first Congress. After leaving Congress, he resumed the practice of law and real estate pursuits.

## Death

He died in Jacksonville on February 11, 1976, and was buried in Greenlawn Cemetery.
# William E. Richardson

William Emanuel Richardson (September 3, 1886 – November 3, 1948) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

## Biography

Richardson was born on a farm (the old Daniel Boone homestead) near Stonersville, Pennsylvania. He moved to Bernville, Pennsylvania, with his parents at an early age, where he attended the public schools. He graduated from Princeton University in 1910, and from Columbia Law School in New York City in 1913. He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Reading, Pennsylvania.
In 1914, he served with Ambulance Americaine, in Belgium and France in 1915, and with Squadron A, New York Cavalry, on the Mexico–United States border in 1916. During the First World War he was commissioned a second lieutenant on August 15, 1917, and served with the Eightieth Cavalry Division, United States Army, and later with the Seventh Machine Gun Battalion, Third Division, and was discharged a first lieutenant on September 15, 1919. After the war resumed the practice of law in Reading.
Richardson was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-third and Seventy-fourth Congresses. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1936. He attended the Interparliamentary Union Conference in Budapest, Hungary, in 1936.

## Death and interment

Richardson died in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, with interment in Schwartzwald Cemetery in Jacksonwald, Pennsylvania.

## Sources

* United States Congress. "William E. Richardson (id: R000230)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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# Paul W. Shafer

Paul Werntz Shafer (April 27, 1893 – August 17, 1954) was a politician and judge from Michigan. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1937 until his death.

## Biography

Shafer was born in Elkhart, Indiana, on April 27, 1893, the son of John McClellan Shafer and Sarah (Werntz) Shafer. His parents relocated their family to Three Rivers, Michigan, where he was raised and attended the public schools. Shafer was a student at Ferris Institute (now Ferris State University), Big Rapids, Michigan, and studied law by correspondence with the Blackstone Institute of Chicago, Illinois. He was a reporter, editor, and publisher of newspapers in Elkhart, Indiana, Battle Creek, Michigan, and Bronson, Michigan. He was a member of the Indiana Army National Guard in 1916 and 1917, and served on the border with Mexico during the Pancho Villa Expedition, but was rejected on medical grounds for service in World War I.
From 1929 to 1936, Shafer served as a municipal judge in Battle Creek. In the Republican Party primary elections of September 1936 for Michigan's 3rd congressional district, Shafer defeated the incumbent Verner W. Main. Shafer went on to be elected to the 75th United States Congress and to the eight succeeding Congresses, serving from January 3, 1937, until his death.
Together with John Howland Snow, Representative Shafer authored The Turning of the Tides, an exposé on the education system of the United States, which was delivered in the House of Representatives on March 21, 1952. In it, the authors took the position that the education system was an alien collectivist (socialist) philosophy, much of which came from Europe, crashed onto the shores of our nation, bringing with it radical changes in economics, politics, and education, funded—surprisingly enough—by several wealthy American families and their tax-exempt foundations. (See also The Deliberate Dumbing Down of America by Charlotte Thomson Iserbyt).
Shafer was injured in an automobile accident in March 1940 while traveling in Columbiana County, Ohio. He suffered head and spinal injuries and spent several weeks being treated in both Salem and Youngstown before being flown back to Michigan from Akron aboard an army plane.

## Death and burial

He died on August 17, 1954, in Washington, D.C., two weeks after being re-nominated in the Republican primary election to the 84th Congress. He was interred in Memorial Park Cemetery, Battle Creek, Michigan.

## Family

In 1917, Shafer married Ila P. Mack of Detroit; they had no children.
# J. Swagar Sherley

Joseph Swagar Sherley (November 28, 1871 – February 13, 1941) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.

## Biography

Born in Louisville, Kentucky, Sherley attended public schools, graduating from the Louisville High School in 1889 and from the law department of the University of Virginia at Charlottesville in 1891. He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Louisville, Kentucky.
Sherley was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-eighth and to the seven succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1919). He served as chairman of the Committee on Appropriations during the Sixty-fifth Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1918 to the Sixty-sixth Congress. Following his defeat, he served as director of the division of finance of the United States Railroad Administration from April 1919 to September 1920, when he resigned and resumed the practice of law in Washington, D.C. In January 1933, he was offered the position of Director of the Bureau of the Budget by President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt, but declined because of ill health. He died while on a visit in Louisville, Kentucky, February 13, 1941 and was interred in Cave Hill Cemetery.
# Martin F. Smith

Martin Fernard Smith (May 28, 1891 – October 25, 1954) was a U.S. Representative from Washington.

## Biography

Born in Chicago, Illinois, Smith attended the public schools, Lewis Institute, Chicago, Illinois, and Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois. He moved to Hoquiam, Washington, in 1911 and completed law studies commenced in Chicago. He was admitted to the bar in 1912 and commenced practice in Hoquiam, Washington. He served as municipal judge of Hoquiam 1914–1917. During the First World War served as a private in the Coast Artillery Corps from October 9, 1918, to December 15, 1918. He served as member of the city council 1926–1928. He served as mayor of Hoquiam 1928–1930.
Smith was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-third and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1943). He served as chairman of the Committee on Pensions (Seventy-sixth and Seventy-seventh Congresses). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1942 to the Seventy-eighth Congress. He served as delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1936. He was appointed a member of the Board of Immigration Appeals, United States Department of Justice, on April 1, 1943, and served until his resignation on April 29, 1944. He was an unsuccessful candidate in 1944 for the Democratic nomination for United States Senator. He was appointed special assistant to the Attorney General of the United States on September 26, 1944, and served until his death in Bethesda, Maryland, October 25, 1954. He was interred in Arlington National Cemetery.

## Sources

* United States Congress. "Martin F. Smith (id: S000591)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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| Preceded byAlbert Johnson | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Washington's 3rd congressional district 1933-1943 | Succeeded byFred B. Norman |