Farid Fazil oglu Gayibov

Farid Fazil oglu Gayibov was born on April 24, 1979, in Baku. In 1995, he graduated from Secondary School No. 1 in Baku and that same year was admitted to the Faculty of Business Organization and Management of the Institute of Management of the National Economy under the Cabinet of Ministers. In 1999, he received a bachelor's degree in business management, and in 2001, a master's degree. In 2014, he received a Candidate of Sciences degree in pedagogy from the P. F. Lesgaft National State University of Physical Education, Sport and Health in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Since 2003, he has worked as a manager and senior manager at the gymnastics federation and has served as executive director of the European and world championships and the World Cup competitions of the International Gymnastics Federation. In 2013, he was elected Vice-President of the European Union of Gymnastics and, in December 2017, its President. He has been a member of the National Olympic Committee of Azerbaijan since 2013.

On September 7, 2021, he was appointed Minister of Youth and Sports of the Republic of Azerbaijan by Order of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan.