1970, Graduate, State Oil Academy of Azerbaijan; PhD in Geology and Mineralogy. 1970, joined Xezerdenizneft; 1984-89, Chief Instructor, and 1989-91, Director, Economic and Social Issues Department, Central Committee of the Azerbaijan Communist Party; 1990-93, Director, Ipesko representative office in Baku and Consultant, State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR), conducting research for geophysical and geological projects; 1993-2004, Chairman of the Board of Directors and President, SOCAR. Since 2004, Minister of Industry and Energy of Azerbaijan.