Indira Niyazi gizi Hajiyeva

She was born on July 15, 1960.

From 1982 to 1984, she worked as an engineer at the Institute of Space Research of Natural Resources of the Academy of Sciences of the Azerbaijan SSR; from 1984 to 1986, as deputy secretary of the Academy’s Komsomol Committee; from 1986 to 1988, as an instructor, secretary and first secretary at the district Komsomol Committee named after 26 Baku Commissars; from 1988 to 1989, as an instructor at the Central Committee of the All-Union Komsomol (Moscow); and from 1989 to 1991, as secretary of the Central Committee of the Azerbaijan Komsomol.

From 1992 to 1993, she worked as an engineer at Baku State University; in 1993–1995 and 1998–1999, as a specialist in analytical analysis at the “SIAR–BAKI JV” sociological research enterprise; from 1999 to 2000, as a chief specialist at the Baku City Executive Authority; and from 2000 to 2001, as head of the Department for Work with Public Organizations and Political Parties. From 2001 to 2006, she worked as a chief instructor and head of a sector in the Department for Work with Children and Youth of the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Tourism; from 2006 to 2007, as a chief adviser in the Department for Work with Regional Administration and Local Self-Government Bodies of the Executive Office of the President; and from 2008 to 2021, as a chief adviser, head of a sector and head of the Department for Work with Youth of the Ministry of Youth and Sports.

By Order of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan dated November 29, 2021, she was appointed Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports.

In 1982, she graduated from the Faculty of Physics of Baku State University, and in 1988, she completed an advanced management course at the Moscow Higher Komsomol School.