Mikayil Jabbarov
Chairman of SOCAR Supervisory Board
Mikayil Jabbarov was born in Baku on the 19th of September 1976. In 1992, he entered the International Law School of Baku State University, from where he graduated with honours in 1997. In 1997-1998 he studied and earned a Master’s Degree in Law from the McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific (Sacramento, California, US), and received a Master’s Degree in Economics from the Azerbaijan State Economic University in 2004. Since 1999 he has been a Member of the New York State Bar Association, NY SBA.
In 1995 he began his career in the banking sector, and in 1999-2002 he worked as a lawyer in a law company and in the private sector. In 2002-2003 he was an advisor to the Minister of Economic Development. In 2003-2004 he was President of Azerbaijan Export and Investment Promotion Foundation, AZPROMO. He was appointed Deputy Minister of Economic Development by the Order of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan dated the 20th of February 2004. Following the Presidential Order dated 6 March 2009 he became Head of the Icherisheher State Historical and Architectural Reserve Administration of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Mikayil Jabbarov worked as Minister of Education of the Republic of Azerbaijan under the Order of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan dated the 19th of April 2013. By the Order of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan dated the 5th of December 2017 he was appointed Minister of Taxes of the Republic of Azerbaijan, whereas by another Order of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan dated the 23rd of October 2019 Mikayil Jabbarov was appointed Minister of Economy of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
By the Order of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan dated the 23rd of January 2021 he was appointed Chairman of the Supervisory Board of SOCAR.