Bahar Avez gizi Muradova

Bahar Avez gizi Muradova was born on 20 March 1962 in the city of Fuzuli. In 1981, she graduated with honours from the Baku Technical School of Light Industry. From 1984 to 1990, she studied at the Faculty of Philology of Baku State University, and from 1994 to 2000, she studied law at Azerbaijan University. In 2009, she received the academic degree of Doctor of Philosophy in political sciences; her dissertation was devoted to the role of the OSCE in the settlement of the Armenia–Azerbaijan, Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

She began her career in 1981 at the Baku Textile Factory. From 1989 to 1995, she held various positions in public organizations. From 1995 to 2000, she worked as a referent at the Executive Office of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan. She was elected a member of the Milli Majlis for several convocations, served as Deputy Speaker of the Milli Majlis from 2005 to 2020, and as Chairperson of the Human Rights Committee of the Milli Majlis from 2015 to 2020.

On 12 March 2020, she was appointed Chairperson of the State Committee for Family, Women and Children Affairs by Order of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan.