The Ministry of Transportation of Azerbaijan Republic is a governmental agency within the Cabinet of Azerbaijan

Cabinet of Azerbaijan

The Cabinet of Azerbaijan is the chief executive body of the Republic of Azerbaijan.-The Executive Power:The President of the Republic of Azerbaijan is the head of state....

 in charge of regulating transportation sector

Transport in Azerbaijan

The transport in Azerbaijan involves air traffic, waterways and railroads. All transportation activities in Azerbaijan except for oil and gas pipelines are regulated by the Ministry of Transportation of Azerbaijan Republic....

 in Azerbaijan Republic. The ministry is headed by Ziya Mammadov

Ziya Mammadov

Ziya Mammadov Arzuman oglu is an Azerbaijani politician who serves as the Minister of Transportation of Azerbaijan Republic.-Early life:Mammadov was born in 1952 in Azerbaijan. He graduated from the Rostov Railway University and started working as the assistant railway operator in Bilacari depot...

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History

The ministry was established on August 5, 1998 by the Presidential

President of Azerbaijan

The country of Azerbaijan is a presidential republic, with the President of Azerbaijan as the head of state, and the Prime Minister of Azerbaijan as head of government...

 Decree No. 743. The statute of the ministry was approved by the President Heydar Aliyev

Heydar Aliyev

Heydar Alirza oglu Aliyev , also spelled as Heidar Aliev, Geidar Aliev, Haydar Aliyev, Geydar Aliyev was the third President of Azerbaijan for the New Azerbaijan Party from June 1993 to October 2003, when his son Ilham Aliyev succeeded him.From 1969 till 1982, Aliyev was also the leader of Soviet...

 on June 10, 2003. According to the ministry charter, it is responsible for organization and implementation of state policies in the state railway

Azerbaijan State Railway

"Azerbaijan Railways" Closed Joint-Stock Company is the national state-owned rail transport operator in the Republic of Azerbaijan. The , gauge network is electrified at 3 kV DC...

, water, air and automobile transportation sector.

Structure

The ministry is headed by the minister aided by two deputy ministers. Main functions of the ministry are regulation of activities in the transportation sector of Azerbaijan consisting of transportation activities of entities by railway, water, automobile, air; shipping and expedition activities; design, projection and construction of roads, repairs and maintenance of roads; technical maintenance of hydrotechnical equipment in maritime transportation; preparation of human resources and implementation of scientific research; cooperation with transportation ministries in other countries for joint projects.

Projects

The ministry is involved in big international projects such as TRACECA

TRACECA

TRACECA is an international transport programme involving the European Union and 14 member States of the Eastern European, Caucasian and Central Asian region. It has a permanent Secretariat, originally financed by the European Commission, in Baku, Azerbaijan, and a regional office in Odessa,...

 for revitalization of the Ancient Silk Way, Kars-Tbilisi-Baku railway

Kars-Tbilisi-Baku railway

The Kars–Tbilisi–Baku railway, or Kars-Akhalkalaki-Tbilisi-Baku railway, is a regional rail link project to directly connect Turkey, Georgia and Azerbaijan...

, etc. Almost all transportation projects within Azerbaijan except for oil and gas pipelines such as Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan are regulated by the Ministry of Transportation. High economic growth in Azerbaijan

Economy of Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan is an economy that has completed its post-Soviet transition into a major oil based economy , from one where the state played the major role...

 in the recent years triggered many construction projects including repairs and construction of new roads throughout the country. In 2004, 46 km road between Ələt and Qazıməmməd was built, 6 new overpass bridges were built in Gabala

Gabala

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, Tovuz

Tovuz

Tovuz may refer to:* Berd, Armenia* Tovuz, Armenia* Tovuz , Azerbaijan* Tovuz, Azerbaijan...

, Gadabay

Gadabay

Gadabay is a rayon of Azerbaijan renowned for its potatoes and its gold fields. The famous Siemens company worked here in the Tsarist era claiming that they were exporting copper. However it has been recently revealed that in fact they were actually secretly exporting gold...

, Ujar

Ujar

Ujar Rayon is a rayon of Azerbaijan, situated to the south of Goycay, in the centre of the country. This region contains the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline to the south of the Shirvan plain. There are 32 villages and 1 city in Ucar...

, Quba

Quba

Quba is a rayon in northeastern Azerbaijan. The capital is located on the Kudyal River at 41.37°N, 48.50°E....

 and Biləcəri, 290 km and 178 km of existing roads, 3 bridges were extensively repaired. Several sections of major interstate roads such as 508 km long Baku

Baku

Baku , sometimes spelled as Baki or Bakou, is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region. It is located on the southern shore of the Absheron Peninsula, which projects into the Caspian Sea. The city consists of two principal...

-Ələt-Qazakh

Qazakh

Qazakh is a rayon of Azerbaijan. It has two exclaves inside Armenia, Yukhari Askipara and Barkhudarli, both of which came under Armenian control during the Nagorno-Karabakh War.- History :In antiquity, this rayon was part of the province of Utik...

 highway, 85 km long Qazıməmməd-Kurdamir

Kurdamir

Kurdamir is a district in Azerbaijan. The capital of the district is Kürdəmir....

, 188 km long Kurdamir

Kurdamir

Kurdamir is a district in Azerbaijan. The capital of the district is Kürdəmir....

-Ucar

UCAR

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-Yevlakh

Yevlakh

Yevlakh is a small city in Azerbaijan, 265 km west of capital Baku. It is surrounded by, but administratively separate from, the rayon of the same name...

-Ganja

Ganja, Azerbaijan

Ganja is Azerbaijan's second-largest city with a population of around 313,300. It was named Yelizavetpol in the Russian Empire period. The city regained its original name—Ganja—from 1920–1935 during the first part of its incorporation into the Soviet Union. However, its name was changed again and...

 were rebuilt according to international standards. In late 2009, the ministry signed a protocol with the Korean International Cooperation Agency for the feasibility study for Baku Bay Sea Bridge Project. The projected bridge will connect Shykh with Zığ

Zig, Baku

Zığ is a municipality in Baku, Azerbaijan. It has a population of 5,755....

 settlement stretching over Bay of Baku

Bay of Baku

Bay of Baku is a natural harbour of the Baku port and local yacht club, on the southern shore of the Absheron Peninsula in Azerbaijan. It has an area of 50 km² and a coastline of 20 km. The bay is bordered by Sultan Cape in the east, Shikh Cape on the south-west and the islands of Qum,...

for 14.5 km.