Vugar Karimov

He was born on April 2, 1973.

From 1995 to 1998, he studied in the postgraduate programme of the Institute of Botany of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences; from 1998 to 2008, he worked at the same institute as a research fellow, leading research fellow, senior research fellow, and head of a laboratory and department. From 2008 to 2010, he served as deputy head and head of the Landscaping Department of SOCAR's Ecology Directorate; from 2010, as deputy head of the Ecology Directorate; and from 2012 to 2018, as deputy executive director of SOCAR's Azerikimya Production Union.

From June 11, 2018, he served as Head of Staff of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources; since April 14, 2020, he has been Deputy Minister. He is a Candidate of Biological Sciences and an associate professor specializing in botany; he is the author of 65 scientific works and 3 books, and a co-author of the second and third editions of the Red Book of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

In 1995, he graduated from Ganja State University with a degree in Biology and Chemistry, and in 2014, from the Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan with a degree in State and Municipal Administration. He is a Candidate of Biological Sciences and an associate professor.