Son of ex-minister appointed deputy chairman of state agency

Zaur Avaz oglu Alekberov has been appointed Deputy Chairman of the State Reserves Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

As reported by BAKU.WS, the relevant decree was signed by President Ilham Aliyev.

Z. Alekberov was born in 1986.

In 2006, he received a bachelor's degree in "International Economic Relations" from the Azerbaijan State University of Economics (UNEC), and in 2008 he received a master's degree, graduating with honors.

In 2017, he earned an MBA degree in business management from the Swiss business school IMD. In 2020, he studied public administration at the Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government.

Z. Alekberov began his career in 2004 at Unibank CB, working in the bank's international relations and treasury departments. From 2009 to 2015, he held the positions of branch director and other managerial positions at Bank Respublika OJSC.

From 2016 to 2018, he served as Deputy Director of the Corporate Business Department at Azərbaycan Beynəlxalq Bankı OJSC, and from 2018 to 2024, he served as Advisor to the Chairman of the Board on Strategy and Innovation.

By the decree of the head of state dated February 28, 2024, he was appointed to the position of Deputy Chairman of the Board of the State Reserves Agency.

He is married and has two children.

It should be noted that Zaur Alekberov is the son of former Minister of Finance Avaz Alekberov.