Elchin Zeynalov

He was born on September 21, 1970, in Baku. He received his PhD in 1998 and his Doctor of Sciences degree in 2014.

From 1995 to 2003, he worked as a research fellow at the Azerbaijan State Oil Academy; from 2003 to 2006, as head of a division at the State Committee for Securities under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan; and from 2006 to 2008, as executive director of the National Fund for Assistance to Entrepreneurs under the Ministry of Economic Development. In 2008, he served as head of the State Antimonopoly Service of the Ministry of Economic Development.

From 2010 to 2013, he worked as an adviser and head of the Department of Strategic Planning, Investment and Scientific Potential at the Ministry of Communications and Information Technologies; from 2013 to 2018, as executive director of the State Fund for Development of Information Technologies under that ministry; and from 2018 to 2019, as adviser to the Minister of Agriculture and director of the Agricultural Science and Innovation Center. By an Order of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan dated October 9, 2019, he was appointed Deputy Minister of Agriculture.

From 1987 to 1992, he graduated with distinction from the Faculty of Automation of Production Processes of the Azerbaijan State Oil Academy; from 1992 to 1995, he pursued postgraduate studies at the same academy. From 2007 to 2009, he studied International Economic Relations at Azerbaijan State University of Economics. He holds a Doctor of Sciences degree.