Ziya Mammadov

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 of the Azerbaijan State Railway in 1971. In 1972-1974, he served in the Soviet Army. 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 depot, in 1989-1991 as the Ganja 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 Heydar Aliyev. 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. On February 13, 2017 Ministry of Transportation of Azerbaijan Republic was reformed into Ministry of Transport, Communications and High Technologies and Ziya Mammadov left his position.

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 city of Russian Federation.

He is married and has two children.