Garib Mammadov

Garib Mammadov (Azerbaijani: Qərib Məmmədov Şamil oğlu;) Academician-secretary of Department of Agrarian Sciences of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (2011). İs an Azerbaijani scholar and politician serving as the Chairman of State Land and Cartography Committee of Azerbaijan Republic.

Since 1994, he's held the position of the Director of Soil Science and Agrochemistry Institute of Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan. He is also the President of Azerbaijan Soil Scientists Society. Since 2001, Mammadov is an associate member of National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan, academician of International Ecology and Energy Academy, member of Russia Ecology Academy, full member of International Noosfer Academy, full member of Russian Academy of Sciences, from 10 May 2002 academician of International Academy of Sciences.

Mammadov Garib Shamil was born in the village of Yeniyol, Amasia [az], Ağbaba region [az] of the Armenian Republic. Father is Mammadov Shamil Mamoy, mother is Mammadova Masma Rajab. In 1965 Mammadov Garib successfully left secondary school in Amasia, in 1966 he entered geography-biological faculty of the Azerbaijan State Teachers Training Institute named after V.I.Lenin, where was a secretary of the "Komsomol" organization and a member of scientific and student's society. In 1970 year after graduating from the Institute with honors, began his labor activity as the laboratory assistant in Scientific Research Sector of Erosion, then worked at Institute of Soil science and Agrochemistry of ANAS consistently in positions: junior scientist (1972–1980), senior scientist (1980–1984), head of the laboratory (1984–1994), director of the Institute (1994–2000). In 1979 HAC USSR gave him with an academic degree of the doctor of philosophy on agrarian sciences, and in 1992 – Dr.Sci.Biol. on ecology, and also professor's rank. Garib Mammadov was elected a deputy of Milli Majlis (Parliament) of the Azerbaijan Republic (1996) in the I convocation. From 1997 to 2001 was a chairman of the State Land Committee of the Azerbaijan Republic, and from 2001 to 2015 – State Committee on land and Cartography. Since 2004 a head of the department of Soil science in the faculty of Ecology and Soil science of Baku State University. From in 2011 to 2016 worked as an academician – secretary of the Department of Agrarian sciences in ANAS. Since 2016 – the Adviser of ANAS for agrarian problems. He is married, has two children.