Personal Information

§ Marital status: Married

§ Nationality: Azerbaijan

§ Date of birth: 1952, 14 April

§ Place of Birth: Azerbaijan

Education

§ 1969-1974 Azerbaijan State University Geology-geographical faculty

§ 1978-1981 Azerbaijan State University Geographical faculty, post-graduate

Work experience

§ From 2019 Head of the department Economic and social Geography

§ 2018-2019 Advisor rector on international relation of Baku State University

§ 2017- 2018 Head of the department Planning and management of Sustainable Development of Public Administration, The Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan

§ 2014-2017 Dean of the Faculty of Public Administration, The Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan

§ 2005–2014 professor of the Department Economic and Social geography, Baku State University

§ from 2003 – present, Chief of Center of Regional Development in Azerbaijan (NGO)

§ 1997 –2014 - Director of the Caspian Research&Information Center, Baku State University

§ 1997-1999 - Deputy dean of Geographical faculty, Baku State University

§ 1985-1999 - associate prof. of the Department economic and social geography, Baku State University

§ 1981-1985 - assistant prof. of the Department economic and social geography, Baku State University

Trainings

2005 - Coordinator of the International training course for Azerbaijan and Countries from Central Asia - Financing Micro Enterprises in Azerbaijan Republic and CIS Countries (with support Islamic Development Bank)

2003 - Coordinator of the International training course for Azerbaijan and Countries from Central Asia - Privatization Techniques and Process in the Republic of Azerbaijan and CIS countries (with support Islamic Development Bank)

2002 - Coordinator of the International training course for Azerbaijan and Countries from Central Asia - Environmental Impact Assessment of Development Projects (with support Islamic Development Bank)

2001 - Coordinator of the International training course for Azerbaijan and countries from Central Asia – Human Resource Management (with support Islamic Development Bank)

2000 - Coordinator of the International training course for Azerbaijan and countries from Central Asia – Sustainable Development (with support Islamic Development Bank)

1994 - Director of a project “The Development of Oil & Gas Complex and Environment on the Coastal Zone of The Caspian Sea”

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Have more than 200 scientific publications. Subject of publications cover inter area, Germany, Russia, Canada, Switzerland, Norway, Poland, Kuwait, Turkey, Iran, France, Kazakhstan, Bulgaria etc.