Samir Rafig ogly Nuriyev (Azerbaijani: Samir Rafiq oğlu Nuriyev) is an Azerbaijani politician who is the head of presidential administration (since 2019), was the chair of State Committee for City Building and Architecture (2018–2019), and the chair of the board of the State Housing Development Agency (2018),[1] served as the chief of the Icherisheher State Historical-Architectural Reserve Department (2013–2016).

Samir Nuriyev
Head of Presidential Administration
Assumed office
November 1, 2019
PresidentIlham Aliyev
Preceded byRamiz Mehdiyev
Chairman of State Committee for City Building and Architecture
In office
April 21, 2018 – November 1, 2019
Succeeded byAbbas Alasgarov
Chairman of the Board of the State Housing Development Agency
In office
February 14, 2018 – April 21, 2018
Director of the Board of the State Housing Development Agency
In office
April 12, 2016 – February 14, 2018
Chief of the Icherisheher State Historical-Architectural Reserve Department
In office
May 24, 2013 – April 12, 2016
Succeeded byAsger Alekberov
Deputy Chief of the Icherisheher State Historical-Architectural Reserve Department
In office
November 17, 2009 – May 24, 2013
Personal details
Born (1975-03-09) March 9, 1975 (age 49)
Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR
Alma materAzerbaijan Technical University
Duke University

Biography edit

Nuriyev was born in Baku, Azerbaijan on March 9, 1975. He is married, with three children.[2] He entered the Azerbaijan Technical University in 1991 and graduated from the School of Engineering and Management in 1996 with a degree in Engineering and Economics with honors.[3] He continued his education at Duke University in the United States in 2003–2005 and received a master's degree in International Development Policy.

Career edit

From 1996 to 2003, Nuriyev worked in various private companies and international organizations as an economist, marketing manager, and project coordinator. In 2000–2001 he worked as a Business Consultant at the UNDP Office in Azerbaijan.[4]

In 2006 he was appointed the Director of the Department of Entrepreneurship Development at the Ministry of Economic Development of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

According to the relevant decrees of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, in 2009, Nuriyev was appointed a Deputy Chief of the Icherisheher State Historical-Architectural Reserve Department under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Azerbaijan, and in 2013 – Chief of the same Department.

Nuriyev was appointed the Director of the Board of the State Housing Development Agency under Presidential Decree dated April 12, 2016,[5] the Chairman of State Committee for City Building and Architecture under decree dated April 21, 2018, and then the Head of Presidential Administration on November 1, 2019.

Social activity edit

He is a member of the New Azerbaijan Party. Besides being a politician, Nuriyev is also an honorary member of the Union of Architects of Azerbaijan.

References edit

  1. ^ "Mənzil İnşaatı Dövlət Agentliyinin direktoru Samir Nuriyev "Caspian European Club"un təşkil etdiyi biznes forumda sahibkarlarla görüşdü". mida.gov.az (in Azerbaijani). Archived from the original on November 1, 2019. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
  2. ^ Əbülfət, İlhamə (November 2019). "Prezident Administrasiyasının yeni rəhbəri kimdir? – DOSYE". oxu.az (in Azerbaijani). Archived from the original on November 1, 2019. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
  3. ^ "Samir Nuriyev Prezident Administrasiyasının rəhbəri oldu". BBC News Azərbaycanca (in Azerbaijani). Archived from the original on November 1, 2019. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
  4. ^ "Samir Nuriyev Azərbaycan Prezidenti Administrasiyasının rəhbəri təyin edilib" [Samir Nuriyev has been appointed Head of the Presidential Administration of Azerbaijan]. azertag.az (in Azerbaijani). Archived from the original on November 1, 2019. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
  5. ^ "S.R.Nuriyevin Azərbaycan Respublikasının Mənzil İnşaatı Dövlət Agentliyinin İdarə Heyətinin sədri təyin edilməsi haqqında AZƏRBAYCAN RESPUBLİKASI PREZİDENTİNİN SƏRƏNCAMI". e-qanun.az (in Azerbaijani). February 14, 2018. Archived from the original on November 1, 2019. Retrieved November 1, 2019.