Ziya Mammadov
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Ziya Mammadov Arzuman oglu is an Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan , officially the Republic of Azerbaijan is the largest country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia to the west, and Iran to...

i politician who serves as the Minister of Transportation of Azerbaijan Republic
Ministry of Transportation (Azerbaijan)
The Ministry of Transportation of Azerbaijan Republic is a governmental agency within the Cabinet of Azerbaijan in charge of regulating transportation sector in Azerbaijan Republic. The ministry is headed by Ziya Mammadov.-History:...

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Early life

Mammadov was born in 1952 in Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan , officially the Republic of Azerbaijan is the largest country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia to the west, and Iran to...

. He graduated from the Rostov Railway University and started working as the assistant railway operator in Bilacari depot of the Azerbaijan 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...

 in 1971. In 1972-1974, he served in the Soviet Army
Soviet Army
The Soviet Army is the name given to the main part of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union between 1946 and 1992. Previously, it had been known as the Red Army. Informally, Армия referred to all the MOD armed forces, except, in some cases, the Soviet Navy.This article covers the Soviet Ground...

. Upon his return from military service, he went back to work as the assistant railway operator, and later operator until 1980. In 1980-1983, he served as the Chairman of Communist Party Chapter in the Exploitation Department and then the Chairman of the Committee of Colleagues of Bilacari Locomotive Depot. From 1983 through 1984, Mammadov worked as a dispatcher in Azerbaijan Railway Service, in 1984-1987, as the Assistant Director of Human Resources of Bilacari Locomotive Depot, in 1987-1989 as the substitute director at Davachi
Davachi
Shabran is a rayon of Azerbaijan. It was renamed from Davachi in 2010....

 depot, in 1989-1991 as the 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...

 Locomotive Depot Director. From 1991 until 1993, he was the Director of Locomotive Supplies Service at Azerbaijan Railway Service and from 1993 until 1996, he was the Assistant Director for Locomotive Supplies Service at Azerbaijan State Railway Administration.

Political career

On July 31, 1996 he was appointed the Chairman of the Azerbaijan State Railway Administration by the order No. 379 of the President of Azerbaijan
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...

 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...

. He served in the position until August 2002. On August 8, 2002 Mammadov was appointed the Minister of Transportation of Azerbaijan Republic by Presidential Decree No. 750. As a minister, Mammadov is a proponent of raising the tariffs for railway freight transportation, one of the cheapest ways of transportation in Azerbaijan.

Awards and titles

Mammadov holds a title of an Honorary Railway Worker. He's the member of the International Transport Academy and Honorary Citizen of Derbent
Derbent
Derbent |Lak]]: Чурул, Churul; Persian: دربند; Judæo-Tat: דארבּאנד/Дэрбэнд/Dərbənd) is a city in the Republic of Dagestan, Russia, close to the Azerbaijani border. It is the southernmost city in Russia, and it is the second most important city of Dagestan...

 city of Russian Federation.

He is married and has two children.
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