Mikayil Jabbarov

Mikayil Chingiz oghlu Jabbarov (Mikayıl Cabbarov Çingiz oğlu born 19 September 1976) is an Azerbaijani politician who is the current Minister of Economу of Azerbaijan (since 23 October 2019)

Mikayil Jabbarov was born on 19 September 1976 in Baku.

1992–1997 – Studied at Baku State University, graduated from the International Law Department with distinction.

From 1994 until 1997, he was president of the "Atashgakh" Intellectual Games Club.

In 1995, Jabbarov began his professional career in the finance industry.

After majoring in LL.M in Sacramento, he became a member of the New York State Bar Association.

From 1996 to 1997 he was Vice-Chairman of the Azerbaijani Youth Organizations Forum.

1997–1998 – Obtained an LL.M degree from McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific (Sacramento, California, US).

In 1997, he won the CIS championship in the intellectual play "Brain ring".

Later that year, Jabbarov became the first Azerbaijani player in the intellectual television game "What?Where? When?"

held in Moscow, participated in the Final of the 1997 Summer Series.

He was also a regular participant of the Baku TV club "What? Where? When?".

Winner of the 5th Anniversary Club games.

In 1999, he went on to work as a lawyer in the private sector until 2002.

In 2002, he was appointed to advise the Minister of Economic Development before becoming president of the Azerbaijan Export and Investment Promotion Foundation (AZPROMO) in 2003-2004.

In 2002, he became world champion of the intellectual game "Brain Ring" and champion of the national championship of "What? Where? When?".

2004 – Obtained a master's degree in Economics from Azerbaijan State Economic University.

On 20 February 2005, Mikayil Jabbarov was appointed Deputy Minister of Economic Development by the Decree of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

As deputy minister, he was responsible for coordination of activities related to cooperation with international financial institutions and external economic relations, foreign investment policy, legal issues at international arbitrage and corporate governance.

In 2009 he was appointed Director of the Administration of the Icherisheher State Historical-Architectural Reserve by the Decree of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

For his contributions to strengthening socio-cultural links between Baku and Tbilisi, Mikayil Jabbarov was granted honorary citizenship in Tbilisi (Georgia) in 2009.

19 April 2013 – appointed Minister of Education by the decree of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

He was previously Minister of Taxes (2017–2019) and Minister of Education (2013–2017).

16 June 2017 – appointed as co-chair of Azerbaijan-Israel Joint Commission by the decree of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

5 December 2017 – appointed as Minister of Taxes by the decree of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

17 March 2018 – 2 July 2022 - served as co-chair of the Intergovernmental Commission on Bilateral Cooperation between the government of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the government of the Republic of Lithuania by the Decree of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

17 March 2018 – 2 March 2020 – served as co-chair of the Joint Commission to promote economic cooperation between the government of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the government of the Republic of Croatia.

10 October 2018 – promoted to the special rank of 3rd class State Tax Service Adviser by the decree of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

9 February 2019 – promoted to the special rank of 2nd class State Tax Service Adviser by the decree of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

23 October 2019 – appointed as Minister of Economy by the decree of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

4 December 2019 – appointed as co-chair of the Joint Commission between the government of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the government of the United Arab Emirates on economic, trade and technical cooperation by the decree of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

2 March 2020 – appointed as co-chair of the Joint Commission between the government of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the government of the Swiss Federal Council by the decree of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

2 March 2020 – appointed as deputy co-chair of the Joint Intergovernmental Commission between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Republic of Georgia on economic cooperation by the decree of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

4 January 2021 – appointed as a member of the supervisory board of the «Karabakh Revival Fund» by the decree of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

23 January 2021 – appointed as the chairman of the supervisory board of State Oil Company of the Republic of Azerbaijan by the decree of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

7 July 2022 - appointed as co-chair of the Joint Intergovernmental Commission on cooperation between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Republic of Uzbekistan.

Since July 28, 2022, he has been co-chair of the joint intergovernmental commission on economic and humanitarian cooperation between the Republic of Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan.

24 December 2022 – appointed as co-chair of the Joint Intergovernmental Commission on trade-economic, scientific-technical and cultural cooperation between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Republic of Tatarstan of the Russian Federation.

27 January 2024 – by degree of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Alat was appointed the head of the Working Group on the free economic zone.

From an early age, Mikayil Jabbarov has been involved in various intellectual games, social activities and extracurricular activities.