Heydar Asadov

Heydar Khanish oglu Asadov (; born 24 October 1959) is the Rector of the Azerbaijan State Maritime Academy (as of April 3, 2019), and ex-Minister of Agriculture of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

Biography Heydar Khanish oglu Asadov was born on October 24, 1959.

In 1978, he graduated from the accounting department of Baku Soviet Commerce College. In 1983, he graduated from the Accounting and Economics Department of the Azerbaijan Institute of National Economy after D. Bunyadzade. From 1978 to 1984, while studying at the institute, he performed the jobs as an employee, accountant, senior accountant and senior inspector. From 1983 to 1992, he worked as a lecturer and senior lecturer at the Azerbaijan State Economic Institute. In 1987, he defended his thesis at Moscow State University and received the degree of PhD on economic sciences.

On April 3, 2019, he was appointed rector of the Azerbaijan State Maritime Academy.

He is the author of 3 monographs and more than 30 scientific papers.

He is married and has three children.

Awards

Order of “For Service to the Fatherland” of the 2nd degree (2011) Azerbaijan Democratic Republic 100th anniversary medal (2019) Order «Shohrat» (2019)