Ilhama Gадimova

Born in 1975. Holds a PhD in Law.

Worked as a lawyer and consultant in the private sector for 11 years. From 2010 to 2012, she worked as a specialist and senior adviser in the Legal Sector of the Commission for Civil Service Affairs under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan. She has been a member of the Bar Association since 2012. From 2012 to 2018, she served as head of the Legal Acts Examination Sector and the Legal Support Department of the State Agency for Public Service and Social Innovations under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

From May to September 2018, she served as head of the Legal Department of the Ministry of Agriculture. By Order of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan dated 24 September 2018, she was appointed Deputy Minister of Agriculture.

From 1992 to 1993, she studied at the Centre for Turkish Language Teaching of Ankara University; from 1993 to 1997, she earned a bachelor's degree at the Faculty of Law of Ankara and Marmara universities in Türkiye under an interstate agreement; and from 1998 to 2001, she pursued a master's degree in public law at the Institute of Social Sciences of Marmara University. From 2002 to 2009, she pursued doctoral studies at the same institute and obtained a PhD.