Cabinet of Azerbaijan

Cabinet of Ministers of Azerbaijan Republic
Аzərbаycаn Rеspubliкаsının Nazirlər Kabineti

Coat of Arms of Azerbaijan
Agency overview
Formed	October 18, 1991
Headquarters	Baku, Azerbaijan Republic
Agency executives	Artur Rasizade, Prime Minister Yaqub Eyyubov, First Deputy Prime Minister Elchin Efendiyev, Deputy Prime Minister Ali Hasanov, Deputy Prime Minister Abid Sharifov, Deputy Prime Minister
Website
www.cabmin.gov.az

Azerbaijan

This article is part of the series:
Politics and government of
Azerbaijan

Constitution
President
- Ilham Aliyev
- Presidential Administration
Prime Minister
- Artur Rasizade
- Cabinet of Ministers
National Assembly
- Speaker of Parliament
Political parties
Elections
Administrative divisions
Human rights in Azerbaijan
Foreign relations

The Executive Power

The President of the Republic of Azerbaijan is the head of state. The President forms the Cabinet of Ministers. The Cabinet is a superior body of the Executive Power of the President. It is composed of the Prime Minister, Vice Premier, Ministers and other heads of central executive bodies.

The Republic of Azerbaijan has 20 Ministries. The current Prime Minister is Artur Rasizade.

Current Members of the Cabinet of Ministers

Office	Incumbent	Since	Party
Prime Minister	Artur Rasizade	2003	NAP
First Deputy Prime Minister	Dr. Yaqub Eyyubov	2003	NAP
Deputy Prime Minister	Dr. Elchin Efendiyev	1993	NAP
Deputy Prime Minister, Chairman of State Committee for Refugees and IDPs	Ali Hasanov	1998	NAP
Deputy Prime Minister	Abid Sharifov	1995	NAP
Minister of Agriculture	Ismat Abbasov	2004	NAP
Minister of Communications and Information Technology	Dr. Ali Abbasov	2004	NAP
Minister of Culture and Tourism	Abulfaz Garayev	2006	NAP
Minister of Defense	Safar Abiyev	1995	NAP
Minister of Defense Industry of Azerbaijan	Yavar Jamalov	2006	NAP
Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources	Dr. Huseingulu Bagirov	2001	NAP
Minister of Economic Development	Shahin Mustafayev	2008	NAP
Minister of Education	Dr. Misir Mardanov	1998	NAP
Minister of Emergency Situations	Kamaladdin Heydarov	2006	NAP
Minister of Finance	Samir Sharifov	2006	NAP
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Elmar Mammadyarov	2004	NAP
Minister of Healthcare	Dr. Ogtay Shiraliyev	2005	NAP
Minister of Industry and Energy	Dr. Natig Aliyev	2005	NAP
Minister of Internal Affairs	Ramil Usubov	1994	NAP
Minister of Justice	Fikrat Mammadov	2000	NAP
Minister of Labour and Social Protection of Population	Fizuli Alakbarov	2006	NAP
Minister of National Security	Eldar Mahmudov	2004	NAP
Minister of Taxes	Fazil Mammadov	2000	NAP
Minister of Transport	Ziya Mammadov	2002	NAP
Minister of Youth and Sports	Azad Rahimov	2006	NAP
Chair of State Committee for City Building and Architecture	Abbas Alasgarov	2007	NAP
Chair of State Statistics Committee	Arif Valiyev	1993	NAP
Chair of State Customs Committee	Aydin Aliyev	2006	NAP
Chair of State Committee for Family, Women and Children Affairs	Dr. Hijran Huseynova	2006	NAP
Chair of State Committee for Work with Religious Organizations	Hidayat Orujov	2006	NAP
Chair of State Property Issues Committee	Karam Hasanov	2009	NAP
Chair of State Land and Cartography Committee	Dr. Garib Mammadov	2001	NAP
Chair of State Committee on Work with Diaspora	Nazim Ibrahimov	2008	NAP
Chair of State Committee on Standardization, Metrology and Patents	Ramiz Hasanov	2008	NAP
Chair of State Committee for Securities	Rufat Aslanli	2008	NAP
Chief of State Migration Service	Arzu Rahimov	2007	NAP
Chief of State Border Service	Elchin Guliyev	2002	NAP
Director of State Procurement Agency	Isgandar Chandirli	2008	NAP
Chair of Copyright Agency	Kamran Imanov	2008	NAP
Director of State Civil Aviation Administration	Arif Mammadov	2008	NAP
Chief of State Maritime Administration	Gudrat Gurbanov	2006	NAP
Chair of State Social Protection Fund	Dr. Salim Muslumov	2002	NAP
Chief of National Archive Department	Atakhan Pashayev	2002	NAP

Early	Caucasian Albania Arran (Caucasus) Shirvan Russo-Persian War (1804–1813) Treaty of Gulistan Russo-Persian War (1826–1828) Treaty of Turkmenchay

Modern	Azerbaijan Democratic Republic Soviet Azerbaijan Independent Azerbaijan

By topic	History of the name Azerbaijan Tatar-Armenian massacres March Days Armenian-Azerbaijani war Nagorno-Karabakh War Black January

Government

Economy

Administrative
divisions

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List of municipalities
Historical regions
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World Heritage Sites
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Military

Geography

Demographics

People
Health
Education
Social issues
Ethnic minorities
Languages
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Religion

Culture

Other topics

National cabinets of Asia

Sovereign states	Afghanistan Armenia Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Burma (Myanmar) Cambodia People's Republic of China Cyprus East Timor (Timor-Leste) Egypt Georgia India Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel Japan Jordan Kazakhstan North Korea South Korea Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Nepal Oman Pakistan Philippines Qatar Russia Saudi Arabia Singapore Sri Lanka Syria Tajikistan Thailand Turkey Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen

States with limited recognition	Abkhazia Nagorno-Karabakh Northern Cyprus Palestine Republic of China (Taiwan) South Ossetia

Dependencies and other territories	Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Hong Kong Macau

National cabinets of Europe

Sovereign states	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Kazakhstan Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales

States with limited recognition	Abkhazia Kosovo Nagorno-Karabakh Northern Cyprus South Ossetia Transnistria

Dependencies and other territories	Åland Faroe Islands Gibraltar Guernsey Jersey Isle of Man Svalbard

Other entities	European Union

Leaders of Azerbaijan since 1918

Azerbaijan Democratic Republic	Mammed Amin Rasulzade · Alimardan Topchubashov · Mammad Yusif Jafarov^a

Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic	Mirza Davud Huseynov · Grigory Kaminsky · Sergey Kirov · Levon Mirzoyan · Nikolay Gikalo · Vladimir Polonsky · Mir Jafar Baghirov · Mir Teymur Yaqubov · Imam Mustafayev · Vali Akhundov · Heydar Aliyev · Kamran Baghirov · Abdurrahman Vazirov · Ayaz Mütallibov

Republic of Azerbaijan	Ayaz Mütallibov · Yaqub Mammadov^a · Ayaz Mütallibov · Isa Gambar^a · Abulfaz Elchibey · Heydar Aliyev · Ilham Aliyev

(a) Denotes acting

Prime Ministers of Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan Democratic Republic	Fatali Khan Khoyski · Nasib Yusifbeyli

Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic	Mirza Davud Huseynov · Nariman Narimanov · Gazanfar Musabekov · Dadash Buniyatzade · Mir Jafar Baghirov · Huseyn Rahmanov · Teymur Guliyev · Mir Jafar Baghirov · Teymur Guliyev · Sadykh Rahimov · Vali Akhundov · Mammad Isgandarov · Anvar Alikhanov · Ali Ibrahimov · Hasan Seyidov · Ayaz Mütallibov · Hasan Hasanov

Republic of Azerbaijan	Hasan Hasanov · Firuz Mustafayev * · Rahim Huseynov · Ali Masimov · Panah Huseynov · Surat Huseynov · Fuad Guliyev · Artur Rasizade · Ilham Aliyev · Artur Rasizade

Denotes acting

Cabinet of Azerbaijan

The Executive Power

Current Members of the Cabinet of Ministers

See also