Shirzad Abdullayev
Shirzad Abdullayev | |
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| Born | October 16, 1970 Agdash District, Azerbaijan |
| Occupation(s) | Economist, professor |
| Years active | 1992–present |
| Known for | Deputy Minister of Economy of Azerbaijan (2018–2020), Executive Director of National Entrepreneurship Support Fund (2008–2018) |
Shirzad Abdullayev, who held the position of Deputy Minister of Economy of the Republic of Azerbaijan from 2018 to 2020 and served as Executive Director of the National Entrepreneurship Support Fund between 2008 and 2018, is a professor and economist with a PhD degree.
Biography
Born on October 16, 1970, in Agdash District, Azerbaijan, Shirzad Abdullayev completed his secondary education in his hometown and fulfilled his military duty in the Air Defense Forces. He is married.
Education
Abdullayev earned his degree in economics from Azerbaijan State University of Economics and also graduated in law from Baku State University. In 2005, he pursued further studies at the Berlin School of Economics and the German Institute of Applied Sciences. Currently, he holds a professorship and is actively involved in academic teaching and research.
Scientific activity
In 1999, Abdullayev obtained his first PhD in economics by defending a dissertation focused on managing loan resources within Azerbaijani commercial banks at the University of Finance and Economics in St. Petersburg. He completed a second doctoral thesis on bank resource management in 2003 at the same institution. Both academic qualifications were officially acknowledged by Azerbaijan’s Higher Attestation Commission in 2004 and 2006. Since 2012, he has held a professorship concentrating on finance, monetary circulation, and credit. His scholarly output includes three monographs, four textbooks, two course programs, one methodological manual, and approximately fifty scientific papers.
Pedagogical activity
Between 2001 and 2002, Abdullayev worked as a senior lecturer, followed by an assistant professorship from 2002 to 2007. He then served as acting professor from 2007 until 2013 and has been a part-time professor since 2013 within the Banking and Monetary Circulation department at Azerbaijan State University of Economics.
Work activities
From 1992 to 2003, Shirzad Abdullayev was chairman of the Board at Azinvestbank. Subsequently, he headed the Legal Provision sector for banking supervision at Azerbaijan’s Central Bank from 2003 to 2008. Between 2008 and 2018, he acted as executive director of the National Fund for Entrepreneurship Support under the Ministry of Economy. On May 31, 2018, he was appointed Deputy Minister of Economy by Presidential Decree No. 163.
Awards
Abdullayev was honored with the Distinguished Public Service Medal on November 12, 2012, and later received the Taraggi Medal on October 21, 2014; both awards were conferred by Presidential Decrees.