Mukhtar Babayev

Mukhtar Babayev
Muxtar Babayev
Babayev in 2018
Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources
Assumed office
23 April 2018
PresidentIlham Aliyev
Preceded byHuseyngulu Baghirov
Member of the National Assembly
for Sumgait's 3rd constituency
In office
30 November 2010 – 23 April 2018
Preceded byNizami Iskandarov
Succeeded byEmin Hajiyev
Personal details
Born (1967-10-16) 16 October 1967
Citizenship Soviet Union
Azerbaijan
PartyNew Azerbaijan Party
EducationMoscow State University (1991)
Azerbaijan State University of Economics (1994)
All-Russian Academy of Foreign Trade (2000)
Awards
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Mukhtar Bahadur oghlu Babayev (Azerbaijani: Muxtar Bahadur oğlu Babayev, 16 October 1967) is the Representative of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan for Climate Issues (since 2025), Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Azerbaijan (2018–2025), a deputy of the IV and V convocations of the National Assembly of the Republic of Azerbaijan, President of the Azerbaijan Mountaineering Federation, and President of COP29.

The Azerbaijan government appointed Babayev as president of COP29, the 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference.