| Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members | 1 December 2006 |
President | Ilham ALIYEV |
Prime Minister | Artur RASIZADE |
First Deputy Prime Minister | Abbas ABBASOV |
Deputy Prime Minister | Elchin EFENDIYEV |
Deputy Prime Minister | Yaqub EYYUBOV |
Deputy Prime Minister | Ali HASANOV |
Deputy Prime Minister | Abid SHARIFOV |
Minister of Agriculture & Food | Ismat ABBASOV |
Minister of Communications & Information Technology | Ali ABBASOV |
Minister of Culture & Tourism | Abulfaz GARAYEV |
Minister of Defense | Safar ABIYEV, Colonel General |
Minister of Defense Industry | Yavar JAMALOV |
Minister of Ecology & Natural Resources | Huseyngulu BAGIROV |
Minister of Economic Development | Heydar BABAYEV |
Minister of Education | Misir MARDANOV |
Minister of Emergency Situations | Kemmalladin HEYDAROV |
Minister of Finance | Samir SHARIFOV |
Minister of Foreign Affairs | Elmar MAMMADYAROV |
Minister of Health | Oqtay SHIRALIYEV |
Minister of Industry & Energy | Natiq ALIYEV |
Minister of Internal Affairs | Ramil USUBOV |
Minister of Justice | Fikret MAMEDOV |
Minister of Labor & Social Security | Fizuli ALEKPEROV |
Minister of National Security | Eldar MAHMUDOV |
Minister of Sports & Youth | Azad RAHIMOV |
Minister of Taxation | Fazil MAMEDOV |
Minister of Transport | Ziya MAMMADOV |
Chairman, National Bank | Elman RUSTAMOV |
Ambassador to the US | Yashar ALIYEV |
Permanent Representative to the UN, New York | Agshin MEHDIYEV |