Samir Rauf oghlu Sharifov ( az, Samir Rauf oğlu Şərifov; born 7 September 1961) is an Azerbaijani politician serving as the Minister of Finance of Azerbaijan Republic.

Early life

Sharifov was born on 7 September 1961. In 1983, he graduated from

Kiev State University Kyiv University or Shevchenko University or officially the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv ( uk, Київський національний університет імені Тараса Шевченка), colloquially known as KNU ...

with a Master's degree in International Economic Relations. In 1983-1991, he worked for Soviet governmental organizations dealing with international economic relations and was based first in Baku, then in

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Political career

In 1991-1995, Sharifov worked as Deputy Chief of Department of International Economic Relations at the

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan ( az, Azərbaycan Respublikasının Xarici İşlər Nazirliyi) is a Cabinet-level governmental agency in Azerbaijan Republic in charge of conducting and designing Azerbaijani Foreign policy. History The ...

. From 1995 through 2001, he was a department director at the

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. On 3 January 2001 he was appointed Executive Director of

State Oil Fund of Azerbaijan The State Oil Fund of the Republic of Azerbaijan or SOFAZ ( az, Azərbaycan Respublikası Dövlət Neft Fondu (ARDNF)) is a sovereign wealth fund. SOFAZ lacks transparency in its finances and in its contracting, which has raised questions about ...

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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 Az ...

. From 2003 until 2006, he also chaired the State Commission on Transparency for Exploitation of Natural Resources and Manufacturing Sector. On 18 April 2006 Sharifov was replaced by Shahmar Movsumov and was appointed Minister of Finance of Azerbaijan. In addition to being a minister, Sharifov is a member of the supervisory board of the Oil Fund of Azerbaijan and is a co-chair at

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representing the Azerbaijani side. He also attends meeting of Election Group of IMF and

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every year. Samir Sharifov was appointed Minister of Finance in composition of the Cabinet of Ministers on 21 April 2018. Sharifov is married and has two children.

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Early life

Political career

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