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Ali Hidayat oglu Asadov
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Ali Hidayat oglu Asadov

Prime Minister of Azerbaijan

Cabinet of Ministers

Source: nk.gov.az · checked 08.09.2026

Biography

Ali Hidayat oglu Asadov was born on 30 November 1956 in Baku. In 1974, he graduated from Secondary School No. 134 in Baku; in 1974–1978, he studied at the G. V. Plekhanov Institute of the National Economy in Moscow. In 1981–1985, he completed postgraduate studies at the Institute of Economics of the USSR Academy of Sciences in Moscow and was awarded the degree of Candidate of Economic Sciences.

In 1978, he worked as head of a laboratory at the Institute of Economics of the Azerbaijan Academy of Sciences, and in 1978–1980, he served in the military. In 1985–1989, he held the positions of junior and senior research fellow at the same institute. In 1989–1995, he was an associate professor and head of a department at the Baku Institute of Social Management and Political Science. In 1995–2000, he was elected a deputy of the Milli Majlis of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

On 17 April 1998, he was appointed Assistant to the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan for Economic Affairs, and on 29 November 2012, Deputy Head of the Administration of the President. Since 2017, he has served as Assistant to the President for Economic Affairs — Head of a Department of the Administration of the President.

On 8 October 2019, by Order of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, he was appointed Prime Minister of the Republic of Azerbaijan. On 16 February 2024, he was reappointed Prime Minister. He has been a member of the New Azerbaijan Party since February 1993 and is a member of the party’s Political Council.

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