Biography
Rashad Huseynov was born on 12 September 1981 in the city of Ganja.
Since 2016, he has been teaching the subjects “Managerial Economics”, “Microeconomics”, “Development Economics”, “Public Economics” and “Agricultural Economics and Agrarian Policy” at ADA University and Khazar University. In 2016, he served as head of the Projects Department of the Center for Analysis of Economic Reforms and Communication; in 2020–2022, as head of the Economic Analysis and Analytical Information Department of the same Center; and in 2023–2024, as its Deputy Executive Director. He has worked as a consultant on projects of the Asian Development Bank, the World Bank, FAO, UNDP and GIZ.
In July 2024, he was appointed Director of the Agricultural Research Center under the Ministry of Agriculture. He is Chairman of the Center’s Scientific Council. He speaks Azerbaijani, German, English and Russian. He is married and has three children.
Education
- 1998–2002 — Azerbaijan State Agricultural University, Faculty of Economics, bachelor’s degree (with distinction)
- 2004–2006 — Weihenstephan University (Germany), Business Administration (MBA), master’s degree
- 2007–2009 — University of Bonn (Germany), Food and Resource Economics, second master’s degree
- 2010–2015 — Institute of Economic and Agricultural Policy of the University of Bonn, doctoral studies (with distinction); Doctor of Philosophy in Economics (the document was nostrified by the Higher Attestation Commission)
- Currently — Agricultural Research Center, doctoral programme in the specialty 5312.01 “Sectoral Economics” (part-time); dissertation topic: “Assessment of the Impact of Climate Change on Agriculture and Prospects for the Sustainable Development of the Sector”