Abid Sharifov Goja oglu ( az, Şərifov Abid Qoca oğlu) is an

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of th ...

i politician who has served as Deputy Prime Minister of Azerbaijan from 1995 to 2018.

Early years

Sharifov was born on January 6, 1940, in Shaki,

. In 1962, he graduated from

Azerbaijan Technical University Azerbaijan Technical University (AzTU; az, Azərbaycan Texniki Universiteti) is a public university, specialized in engineering, located in Baku, Azerbaijan. The University has 9 schools and 54 departments, 884 faculty members and approximately 6 ...

with a degree in Construction Engineering. The same year, he was hired by the

Baku Baku (, ; az, Bakı ) is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region. Baku is located below sea level, which makes it the lowest lying national capital in the world a ...

's Main Construction Department and held various mid and top management positions, eventually becoming the head of the 23rd construction department of Baku in 1972 and chief consultant at Construction Department of

Azerbaijan SSR Azerbaijan ( az, Азәрбајҹан, Azərbaycan, italics=no), officially the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic (Azerbaijan SSR; az, Азәрбајҹан Совет Сосиалист Республикасы, Azərbaycan Sovet Sosialist R ...

Council of Ministers. Sharifov was later appointed the Head of ''Azərnəqliyyattikinti'' (''Azerbaijani Transport Construction'') and chief of ''Azərnəqliyyatyoltikinti'' (''Azerbaijani road construction'') venture in 1988. In 1991, Sharifov worked as the deputy chief of construction company electrifying

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railway. In 1993, he returned to Azerbaijan and became the President of the state construction company ''Azərnəqliyyatyoltikinti''. Over his construction career working with Heydar Aliyev, he supervised many architectural projects including the building of the Presidential Office, the

Ministry of National Security of Azerbaijan The Ministry of National Security (MNS, Azerbaijani: Milli Təhlukəsizlik Nazirliyi) was an intelligence agency within the cabinet of Azerbaijan. The MNS was a central executive authority that carried out the competencies designated to it by th ...

, Absheron hotel in Baku, apartment complexes, the President's residence, and others.

Political career

Sharifov was appointed as Deputy Prime Minister of Azerbaijan by

President of Azerbaijan The president of the Republic of Azerbaijan is the head of state of Azerbaijan. The Constitution states that the president is the embodiment of executive power, commander-in-chief, "representative of Azerbaijan in home and foreign policies", ...

Heydar Aliyev Heydar Alirza oghlu Aliyev ( az, Һејдәр Әлирза оғлу Әлијев, italic=no, Heydər Əlirza oğlu Əliyev, ; , ; 10 May 1923 – 12 December 2003) was a Soviet and Azerbaijani politician who served as the third president of Aze ...

in 1995, and in November 2003 he was re-appointed to the same position by the new President

Ilham Aliyev Ilham Heydar oghlu Aliyev ( az, İlham Heydər oğlu Əliyev, ; born 24 December 1961) is the fourth president of Azerbaijan, serving in the post since 31 October 2003. The son and second child of the former Azerbaijani leader Heydar Aliyev, ...

. He is in charge of government regulations of construction activity in the country and, as a member of the government commission on emergency situations, travels to places of state emergency. Sharifov also co-chairs the Azerbaijan-Japan Intergovernmental Commission. Overseeing funding and construction of Baku-Tbilisi-Kars Railway has been one of his duties as well.

Awards

Sharifov holds many awards,

Order of the Badge of Honour The Order of the Badge of Honour (russian: орден «Знак Почёта», orden "Znak Pochyota") was a civilian award of the Soviet Union. It was established on 25 November 1935, and was conferred on citizens of the USSR for outstanding ...

(1976),

Order of the October Revolution The Order of the October Revolution (russian: Орден Октябрьской Революции, ''Orden Oktyabr'skoy Revolyutsii'') was instituted on October 31, 1967, in time for the 50th anniversary of the October Revolution. It was conferr ...

(1980),

Sheref Order Sharaf Order ( az, "Şərəf" ordeni) - translated as the ''Order of Honor'', is an order of the Republic of Azerbaijan. The order was ratified by Ilham Aliyev, the President of Azerbaijan, on 16 February 2007, by Decree No. 248-IIIQ. Status The ...

(2010), Merited Builder of Azerbaijan and Proud Road Builder titles among them. Sharifov is married and has two children.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sharifov, Abid People from Shaki, Azerbaijan 1940 births Living people Azerbaijan Communist Party (1920) politicians Azerbaijani politicians Political office-holders in Azerbaijan Recipients of the Sharaf Order Azerbaijan Technical University alumni

Early years

Political career

Awards

See also

References