Samir Valiyev is the Deputy Minister of Energy of the Republic of Azerbaijan since 2017. He has held various positions in the Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations, Ministry of Trade, Ministry of State Property, Ministry of Economic Development, Ministry of Economy and Industry and Ministry of Economy during the period of 1992-2017.
Mr Valiyev has a Doctor of philosophy in Economics and graduated from Kiev State University with specialization in international economic relations in 1984. He was awarded with a medal of “Distinguished Civil Service Award” by the Order of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan in 2014.