Ilham Naghiyev ; born on January 1, 1988, in Baku, Azerbaijan) is an

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, author, IT

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, the president of the Baku United FC

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club and the founder of Odlar Yurdu Organization.

Early life and education

Ilham Naghiyev was born on January 1, 1988, in

Baku Baku (, ; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Azerbaijan, largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and in the Caucasus region. Baku is below sea level, which makes it the List of capital ci ...

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(now the

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). Having completed his education in Baku at school number 200 from 1994 to 2004, Ilham Naghiyev was admitted part-time to Business Administration and Management faculty of the Azerbaijan State University of Economics in 2004. He pursued his education at the

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from 2005 to 2006. Naghiyev studied full-time at Business Management faculty of

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(CASS Business School) between 2006 and 2009. Ilham Naghiyev received his master's degree (MBA) from Azerbaijan State University of Economics in the following three years. Currently, he is following education in TRIUM (

HEC Paris HEC Paris () is a business school and ''grande école'' located in Jouy-en-Josas, a southwestern outer suburb of Paris, France. It offers Bachelor, MiM, MSc in International Finance, MBA, EMBA, executive education, professional developm ...

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joint program)

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Career

Ilham Naghiyev kicked off his career as the CEO of GESCO OJSC in 2010 and had remained at this post by 2013. Simultaneously, he was a

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of the company from 2010. Ilham Naghiyev was the chairman of the supervisory board of GESCO OJSC from 2019 to 2022. From 2013 till 2016, Ilham Naghiyev served as deputy head and then head of the Human Resources Department of the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Azerbaijan. In 2016, Ilham Naghiyev was appointed as vice president on strategic development at Bina Agro CJSC. He was the head (CEO) and the head of the supervisory board of Bina Agro CJSC between 2017–2019 and 2019–2021, respectively. Ilham Naghiyev has so far led the "Odlar Yurdu" Organization (OYO) since 2018. In 2020, Ilham Naghiyev founded the Odlar Yurdu Research Center. The football club called Baku United FC, that managed to join

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’s National Futsal League as a professional team, was created by Ilham Naghiyev in 2008.

Personal life

Ilham Naghiyev is married and has a son.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Naghiyev, Ilham 1988 births Living people Alumni of City, University of London Alumni of SOAS University of London People from Baku