Mikayil Jabbarov

Mikayil Jabbarov was born in Baku on 19 September 1976.

1992-1997 – Studied at the Baku State University, graduated from the International Law Department with distinction.

1997-1998 – Obtained an LL.M degree from the McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific (Sacramento, California, US).[1]

2004 – Obtained a Master degree in Economics from the Azerbaijan State Economic University.

1995 – Started career in the banking sector.

Since 1999 – Member of the New York State Bar Association.

1999-2002 – Lawyer in private sector.

2002-2003 – Counselor to the Minister, Ministry of Economic Development.

2003-2004 – President of the Azerbaijan Export and Investment Promotion Foundation (AZPROMO).

20 February, 2004 – By the Decree of the President of Azerbaijan Republic appointed the Deputy Minister of Economic Development. Coordinated activities related to cooperation with international financial institutions, external economic relations, foreign investment policy, legal issues at international arbitrage and corporate governance.

6 March, 2009 – By the Decree of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan appointed the Director of the Administration of Icherisheher State Historical-Architectural Reserve under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

19 April, 2013 – By the Decree of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan appointed the Minister of Education.[2][3][4]

16 June 2017 – By the Decree of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan appointed as co-chair of Azerbaijan-Israel Joint Commission.[5]

5 December, 2017 – By the Decree of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan appointed to the position of the Minister of Taxes.[6][7][8]

March 17, 2018 – By the Decree of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan appointed as co-chair of the Intergovernmental Commission on Bilateral Cooperation between the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Government of the Republic of Lithuania.[9]

March 17, 2018 – 2 March 2020 – Co-chaired the Joint Commission to promote economic cooperation between the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Government of the Republic of Croatia.[10]

10 October, 2018 – By the Decree of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan was given a special rank of 3rd class State Tax Service Adviser.[11]

9 February, 2019 – By the Decree of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan was given a special rank of 2nd class State Tax Service Adviser.[12]

23 October, 2019 – By the Decree of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan appointed to the position of the Minister of Economy [13]

4 December, 2019 – By the Decree of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan appointed as co-chair of the Joint Commission between the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Government of the United Arab Emirates on Economic, Trade and Technical Cooperation.(in Russian)[14]

2 March, 2020 – By the Decree of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan appointed as co-chair of the Joint Commission between the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Government of the Swiss Federal Council.[15]

2 March, 2020 – By the Decree of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan appointed as the deputy co-chair of the Joint Intergovernmental Commission between the Republic of Azerbaijan and Georgia on Economic Cooperation.[16]

January 4, 2021 – By the Decree of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan appointed as the member of Supervisory Board of the «Karabakh Revival Fund». [17][18]

January 23, 2021 – By the Decree of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan appointed the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of State Oil Company of the Republic of Azerbaijan.[19]

1994-1997 – President of the "Atashgakh" Intellectual Games Club.

1996-1997 – Deputy Chairman of the Azerbaijani Youth Organizations Forum.

1996-1997 – Won the CIS championship in the "Brain ring" intellectual game.

1997 – The first Azerbaijani intellectual player to participate in the summer series of the "What? Where? When?" intellectual game. A veteran member of the "What? Where? When?" Baku TV club. Winner of the 5th-anniversary club games.

2002 – Won the world championship in the “Brain ring” and the national championship in the "What? Where? When?" intellectual games.

2009 – Awarded honorary citizenship of Tbilisi (Georgia).

Since 2015 – President of the Azerbaijan Badminton Federation.[20][21]

Since 2017 – President of the Azerbaijan Fencing Federation.[22][23]

June 2009 – By decision taken at the 33rd Session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, "Icherisheher" (the Old City of Baku) is removed from the World Heritage Endanger list.

10 February 2010 – By the Decree of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Palace of the Shirvanshahs (State Historical-Architectural Reserve) is included into the Administration’s structure.[24][25]

8 November 2010 – Approval of the "General Detailed Conservation Master Plan of the Historical Center of Baku" by the Decision of the Cabinet of Ministers.

2010-2012 – Following steps taken to restore the historical and cultural monuments of national and international importance:

- Restoration and conservation work carried out at the Small Caravanserai (a medieval monument);

- Complete restoration of the Muhammad’s Mosque, an architectural monument of the international importance;

- Repair and restoration works carried out at the Market Square, the Siratagli religious and architectural complex;

- A major part of the Fortress Wall is restored, the adjacent area is cleared;

- A XV century tower, demolished in early XX century, identified and completely restored.

19 August 2011 – By the Decision of the Cabinet of Ministers, the Marionette Theater is reassigned to the Administration.[26]

22 December 2011 – By the Decree of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the State Historical and Ethnographic Reserve "Gala" is included into the Administration’s structure:[27]

- The Reserve’s borders are approved by the Decision of the Cabinet of Ministers;

- The Reserve’s facilities improved, measures taken to upgrade the services available for the visitors.

2012 – The "Icherisheher" Traditional Arts Center is established in cooperation with the Prince’s School of Traditional Arts (UK).[28]

2012 – Restoration and research works continue at the Maiden Tower, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. 75% of the facade surface is conserved.

2012 – By the Decree of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Historic House Museum of Tahir Salahov, a famous artist, is established.[29][30]

2009-2013 – Infrastructural development facilitates a radical increase of domestic and foreign tourist flow into the Reserve and contributes to the transformation of "Icherisheher" into a tourism hub.(in Azerbaijani)[31](in Russian)[32]

29 June 2018 – Structure of the Ministry reformed with a view to enhancing governance, strengthening control over tax payments and activities of the tax authorities.[57]

The conference on "Taxes. Transparency. Development" held in Baku on February 13, 2018.[58]

April 17, 2018 – Kick-off meeting of the Twinning Project "Support to the Ministry of Taxes of the Republic of Azerbaijan in transfer pricing and developing anti-tax avoidance measures".[59]

May 2, 2018 - Department on control over import and export operations under the Ministry of taxes was established. [60]

In 2018, Comprehensive measures taken to reorganize the principles of management, modernize tax administration, ensure transparency and improve the level of mutual trust between taxpayers and tax authorities.[61]

December 20, 2018 - President of the Republic of Azerbaijan signed the Law "on amendments to the Tax code of the Republic of Azerbaijan" and the decree on the application thereof.[62]

As of January 1, 2019, amendments to the Tax code came into force covering five main directions (support of entrepreneurship, reduction the scale of shadow economy and tax evasion, expansion of taxation base, perfection of tax administration and efficiency improvement of existing and new tax benefits). ,[63][64]

Since January 1, 2019, state registration of legal entities has been conducted with one procedure in 20 minutes. [65]

February 23, 2019 - A new e-service on the provision of data on taxpayers temporarily banned to leave the country was launched.</ref>(in Russian)Налогоплательщики смогут узнать о запрете на выезд из страны</ref>

March 4, 2019- A meeting held to brief the representatives of diplomatic corps about the reforms carried out in the tax system and changes made to the tax legislation.[66]

May 3, 2019 - the Institute of Tax Ombudsman established in Azerbaijan.[67]

2019 - New generation of cash registers introduced in Azerbaijan.[68]

During 5 months of 2019 significant results have been achieved in ensuring transparency in the production of excise goods, as well as the declaration of income generated thereof.[69]

July 19, 2019 – Pilot project on accountability and transparency in the field of agriculture kicked off [70]

During the first 5 months of 2019 share of turnover generated by electronic invoices increased significantly as compared to the corresponding period of the last year. [71]

July 24, 2019 - Structure of the Ministry of Taxes was approved by the relevant decree of the president of the Republic of Azerbaijan.[72]

January-to-June 2019 - Positive results achieved in the field of tax revenues, transparency and labour market legalization.[73]

December 25, 2019 - President of the Republic of Azerbaijan signed the Law "on amendments to the Tax code of the Republic of Azerbaijan" and the decree on the application thereof.[74][75]

November 20, 2019 – Azerbaijan’s Economy Minister Mikayil Jabbarov has been elected Chairman of the Coordination Council of Heads of Tax Services of the CIS Member States.[76]

December 6, 2019 – An international conference dedicated to the 20th anniversary of TRACECA was held in Baku.[77]

December 6, 2019 – The Republic of Azerbaijan officially assumed the chairmanship in the Intergovernmental Commission TRACECA.[78]

December 9, 2019 – A pharmaceutical plant was opened in Pirallahi.[79]

December 9, 2019 – The foundation of a new plant was laid in Hajigabul Industrial Estate.[80]

December 9, 2019 – The Republic of Azerbaijan and the Russian Federation signed a Protocol of Intent on Economic Cooperation.[81]

December 10, 2019 – The First Forum of Young Entrepreneurs took place in Baku.[82]

December 17, 2019 – Ukraine Trade House was opened in Baku.[83]

February 3, 2020 – A conference dedicated to the results of the first-year implementation of "The State Program on socio-economic development of the regions of the Republic of Azerbaijan in 2019-2023" has been held.[84]

February 7, 2020 – Azerbaijan’s Agency for the Development of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) has commissioned the first House of SMEs in Khachmaz district.[85][86]

April 4, 2020 – Prime Minister of the Republic of Azerbaijan signed a decision approving Action Plan on the implementation of paragraph 10.2 of Azerbaijani President's Order No. 1950 dated March 19, 2006 "On a number of measures to reduce the negative impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and, consequently, sharp fluctuations in world energy and stock markets on the economy of the Republic of Azerbaijan, macroeconomic stability, employment and entrepreneurship".[87]

April 6, 2020 – Medical mask production enterprise established by “Baku Textile Factory” LLC opened in Sumgayit Chemical Industrial Park [88][89]

April 8, 2020 – according to the Action Plan adopted by the Cabinet of Ministers in order to reduce the negative impact on business entities due to the coronavirus pandemic, a program to compensate for the damage caused to entrepreneurs and their employees by the coronavirus pandemic has been launched. [90]

May 4, 2020 – Azerbaijan has launched a new mechanism for refunding a certain part of the value-added tax. [91]

May 12, 2020 – President of the Republic of Azerbaijan has signed a decree on ensuring the activities of the Ministry of Economy. [92] [93]

June 2, 2020 – President of the Republic of Azerbaijan signed the Law "on amendments to the Tax Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan" and the decree on the application thereof.[94]

June 30, 2020 – presented new mechanisms for preferential financing of entrepreneurship of the Entrepreneurship Development Fund of the Ministry of Economy, and the newly created Electronic Credit Platform for this purpose. The head of state-approved the procedure for granting preferential loans at the expense of the Entrepreneurship Development Fund and changes were made to the statute of the Fund.[95]

July 3, 2020 – in accordance with the decree of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan on amendments to the "Regulations on the Ministry of the economy of the Republic of Azerbaijan" and "Regulations on the State tax service under the Ministry of the economy of the Republic of Azerbaijan", an additional tasks of the Ministry of Economy and the State tax service include monitoring the compliance of business entities and their officials with the requirements of the anti-epidemic, sanitary-hygienic and quarantine regimes.[96]

2013-2017 – Comprehensive measures were taken to prevent bribery and fight corruption in the educational system, but they were not assessed as fully successful. Experts called for more radical measures to be taken, no real proposals were put forward though.

2016 – The idea that "it is not right to assess the students studying within a new educational system through the tests" was met with criticism. This idea was misrepresented to the public as suggesting cancellation of the test exams. However, the said idea implied the need for new tools to measure new content standards in the educational assessment. In due course the State Examination Center released a statement with a similar message, confirming that the new idea does not represent a cancellation of the test method as such.

• Cabinet of Azerbaijan
• Education in Azerbaijan