Samir Gachay oglu Mammadov

Born in 1974. He holds a PhD in ICT in education.

From 1993 to 1998, he held various positions at the US humanitarian aid organization “Relief International”; in 1998, he was coordinator for special projects at the oil company “Unocal Khazar Ltd.”; from 1998 to 1999, he was a manager at “Mobil Exploration & Producing Azerbaijan Inc.”; and from 1999 to 2006, he worked as Deputy Director and Director of the Azerbaijan office of “Relief International”.

In 2006, he was head of the management group of the program for providing general education schools with information and communication technologies at the Ministry of Education; from 2008 to 2017, he was head of the Education System Informatization Department under the ministry. From 2017 to 2019, he worked at Baku Engineering University; in 2019, he served as Director of “Enginet İnvest” LLC; and in 2021, he was appointed head of the Administration of the Ministry of Transport, Communications and High Technologies. By Order of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan dated 24 May 2022, he was appointed Deputy Minister of Digital Development and Transport.

From 1993 to 1998, he studied international economic relations at Khazar University; from 2004 to 2006, he pursued a master's degree in business organization and management at Azerbaijan State University of Economics. From 2010 to 2016, he studied at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland and obtained a PhD in ICT in education.