14 Notable alumni of Azerbaijan Technical University
Updated: June 03, 2026 EliteDegrees
Azerbaijan Technical University is ranked #5,668 in the world and #6 in Azerbaijan by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 14 notable alumni from Azerbaijan Technical University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Azerbaijan Technical University won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Sadıq Sadıqov
1965-. (aged 61)
business executive
Sadıq Asəf oğlu Sadıqov is the President of the Neftchi Baku PFK since December 2009.
2. Rəna Qasımova
1961-. (aged 65)
computer scientist
Rena Tofiq Gasimova is an Azerbaijani computer scientist, who holds the position of Sector Chief at the national Information Technology Institute (AMEA İnformasiya Texnologiyaları İnstitutu).
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3. Suleyman Reshidi
1927-2003 (aged 76)
playwright
screenwriter
Suleyman Reshidi was an Azerbaijani dramatist.
4. Vahid Ahmadov
1947-. (aged 79)
politician
Vahid Gazmammad oghlu Ahmadov is a Member of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan and Deputy chairman of Azerbaijani National Assembly's Committee on Economic Policy.
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5. Andronik Iosifyan
1905-1993 (aged 88)
electrotechnician
engineer
Andronik Gevondovich Iosifyan was a Soviet engineer of Armenian ethnicity in the field of electronics and later moving towards working on aeronautics.
6. Mirali Qashqai
1907-1977 (aged 70)
geologist
Mirali Seyidali oglu Qashqai was an eminent Azerbaijani and Soviet geologist, author of multitude works in the sphere of geomorphology and stratigraphy. He was an honorary member of Mineralogical Society, former chairman of Azerbaijani department of the Society, and full member of the National Academy of Sciences of the Azerbaijan SSR. He was one of the founders of scientific school...
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7. Rasim Alguliyev
1958-. (aged 68)
academic
researcher
Rasim Alguliyev — doctor of technical sciences, professor, full member (academician) of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (ANAS), vice-president of ANAS, director-general of the Institute of Information Technology of the Ministry of Science and Education of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
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8. Süleyman Vəzirov
1910-1973 (aged 63)
statesperson
oil worker
Suleyman Azad oghlu Vazirov was a Soviet Azerbaijani bureaucrat who was the first Minister of Oil Industry of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic, serving from 1954 to 1959.
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9. Yaqub Eyyubov
1945-. (aged 81)
politician
Yagub Abdulla oghlu Eyyubov is an Azerbaijani politician who has been First Deputy Prime Minister of Azerbaijan since 2003.
10. Alikram Hummatov
1948-2022 (aged 74)
politician
Alikram Hummatov or Ali Akram Hummatzade was an Azerbaijani Talysh military commander and political activist. He was the president of the self-proclaimed Talysh-Mughan Autonomous Republic in 1993 and was imprisoned in Azerbaijan. He was considered as a political prisoner by international organizations including Amnesty International and the Council of Europe. After demands from the Council of Europe, Hummatov was granted...
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11. Zahid Oruc
1972-. (aged 54)
journalist
politician
Zahid Maharram oglu Orujov is an Azerbaijan politician and chairperson of the Azerbaijani Social Research Center (2019). Oruj is pro-government. He was a member of the pro-government Motherland Party from 1992 to 2013.
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12. Abid Sharifov
1940-. (aged 86)
politician
Abid Sharifov Goja oglu is an Azerbaijani politician who has served as Deputy Prime Minister of Azerbaijan from 1995 to 2018.
13. Samir Nuriyev
1975-. (aged 51)
politician
Samir Rafig ogly Nuriyev is an Azerbaijani politician who is the head of presidential administration (since 2019), was the chair of State Committee for City Building and Architecture (2018–2019), and the chair of the board of the State Housing Development Agency (2018), served as the chief of the Icherisheher State Historical-Architectural Reserve Department (2013–2016).
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14. Aras Agalarov
1955-. (aged 71)
economist
businessperson
entrepreneur
Aras Iskanderovich Agalarov is an Azerbaijani-Russian billionaire and real estate developer. Listed in Forbes as the 51st richest Russian in 2015, several sources have described him as a Russian oligarch.
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