Rufet Guliyev

a) "Evolution of efficient usage factors of production funds in terms of transition towards market (on industry materials of Azerbaijan Republic)" - thesis for the degree of candidate of Economic Sciences. It was defended on May 16, 1995 on Academic Council of the Institute of National Economy (called Azerbaijan State Economic University nowadays) under speciality 08.00.01 (Economic theory).

b) "Investment problems of shaping of national economy of Azerbaijan" - thesis for the degree of Doctor of Economic Sciences. It was defended on February 20, 2004 on Academic Council of the Institute of Economy of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences under speciality 08.00.01 (Economic theory).

Since 1999 until 2017 Guliyev was a chairperson of the Executive Board of the "European Tobacco-Baku". Since 2003, Guliyev is a member of Board of Trustees of the Azerbaijan Export and Investment Promotion Foundation. He is a co-chairperson of the Azerbaijan-Turkey Businessmen Union.

Since 1995 Guliyev is a candidate of philosophy in economy and since 2004 he is a Doctor of economics. Since 2006 he is a Professor of the Azerbaijan Technical University. Nowadays, Guliyev is the head of the "Economic theory and economy of service areas"[1] academic department at the University.

Guliyev entered the Economics Department of Kyiv State University (now, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv) in 1981 and graduated from it in 1986. The same year he began pedagogical activity in the Azerbaijan Technical University (former Azerbaijan Polytechnical Institute). He worked as a chief laboratory worker, lecturer, senior lecturer, docent and a professor at the University.

Rufat Atakishi oglu Quliyev (Azerbaijani: Rüfət Atakişi oğlu Quliyev), known as Rufet Guliyev, was born in Baku on May 6, 1963. He was elected as a deputy of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan (Milli Majlis) on the III, IV, V and VI convening's, and nowadays he is a member of the Committee on Economic Policy, a vice-chairman of the Permanent Commission of the IPA CIS on Political Issues and International Cooperation, a member of the Working group on culture, science and education of GUAM, Dr. of Economics, Professor, head of an academic department in Azerbaijan Technical University, professor of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. He is a member in Council of experts of the Economy section of the Higher Attestation Commission under the President of Azerbaijan and recently has been selected as a Member of the Expert Council on Economics at the CIS Inter-parliamentary Assembly.