As we reported, today Azər Mursaqulov was appointed as the chairman of the State Statistics Committee by the decree of President Ilham Aliyev.
Medianews.az reports that Azər Mursaqulov is a graduate of Boğaziçi University in Turkey.
He received a PhD in economics from the University of Georgia in the USA.
From 2010 to 2012, he worked in Washington at the headquarters of the International Monetary Fund as an advisor to the Fund's executive director.
From 2012 to 2019, he worked in various positions at the Ministry of Finance.
Since 2019, he has been the director of the State Debt and Financial Liabilities Management Agency under the Ministry of Finance.