Political experience:
2015 – Present PABSEC Secretary General 
1996 – 2015    Member of Azerbaijani Parliament (Milli Majlis)
2002 – 2015    Head of Delegation of the Milli Majlis to the PABSEC
2006 -2008; 2011 – 2013 Vice-President of the PABSEC
2013 – 2015    Head of International Relations Department of the New Azerbaijan Party
Since 2012      Elected member of the Political Council of the New Azerbaijan Party

Education and Scientific Degrees:
2014                Academician – (full member of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences)
Since 2001      Professor     
1992                Doctor of Science, Bauman Moscow State Technical University
1979                PhD in Mathematics, Lomonosov Moscow State University

1973                Lomonosov Moscow State University – BA in Mathematics

Honorary Titles:
Honorary Professor of Sichuan University in Chengdu
Honorary Academician of Moldova Academy of Sciences
Honorary Member of Mongolian National Academy of Sciences
Fellow of the World Academy of Sciences (TWAS, Italy) 

Visiting Professor:
USA – Berkeley University, University of Southern California, Lincoln University, George Washington University
Germany – Humboldt University, Munich University, Freie University, Fern University
Sweden – Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm University, Chalmers University, Umea University
China – Sichuan University in Chengdu, Hong-Kong City University
Portugal – Lisbon University
Turkey – Bogazici University, Middle East Technical University, Anatolian University
Singapore – National University of Singapore

Foreign Languages:
English, Russian, Turkish – fluently