Yusif Yusifov has been dismissed as deputy chairman of Azerbaijan’s State Statistics Committee.
“Operative Information Center-OMM” reports that President Ilham Aliyev has signed a decree on the matter.
Under a separate decree, Sabuhi Aliyev has been appointed to replace him.
The new deputy chairman was born in 1983. He earned a bachelor’s degree in international economic relations from the Azerbaijan State University of Economics in 2004 and graduated from its master’s program with distinction in 2009. He completed compulsory military service in the Armed Forces in 2004-2005.
From 2007 to 2010, Aliyev worked at the State Committee for Management of State Property. From 2010 to 2019, he held positions including chief adviser and sector head at the State Debt Management Agency under the Ministry of Finance. He worked at the Ministry of Taxes in 2019 and taught at the Azerbaijan State University of Economics from 2019 to 2020. From 2019 to 2024, he held various management roles, including department head, at the State Agency for Management of Public Debt and Financial Obligations under the Ministry of Finance. He served as deputy director of the agency from Aug. 19, 2024, to April 13, 2026; as an adviser to the chairman of the State Statistics Committee from April 14 to Aug. 24, 2026; and as chief of staff of the committee from Aug. 24 to Oct. 7, 2026.
Aliyev holds the rank of senior state adviser. By a decree dated June 21, 2025, the president awarded him the Medal for Distinction in Public Service.
He is married and has two children.
