Firudin Isa oglu Gurbanov

He was born on August 29, 1952, in Agsu District. He served in the army in 1974–1975.

From 1975 to 1982, he worked as an economist, junior and senior research fellow at the Scientific Research Institute of Economics; from 1982 to 1989, as an assistant, senior lecturer, associate professor and dean at the Baku branch of the Moscow Cooperative Institute; and from 1989 to 1994, as an inspector, leading inspector, senior inspector and head of department at the State Inspection of the Ministry of Education. From 1994, he was head of the Department of Science and Educational Institutions of the Ministry of Youth and Sports; from 2001, head of the Science and Education Administration of the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Tourism; and from 2006, head of the Department of Science and Education of the Ministry of Youth and Sports. From 2007 to 2014, he served as Head of the Administration of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.

He was appointed Deputy Minister of Education by Order of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan dated July 18, 2014; following the renaming of the ministry as the Ministry of Science and Education in 2022, he continues to serve as deputy minister. He is a Doctor of Philosophy in Economics and an associate professor; he is the author of one monograph and more than 60 scientific works.

In 1974, he graduated with honors from the Faculty of Economics and Planning of the Azerbaijan State Institute of National Economy. He is a Doctor of Philosophy in Economics and an associate professor.