Career
Previously Abasov was First Deputy Minister of Agriculture from October 1997 to October 2004 and Minister of Agriculture from October 2004 to October 2013. Abasov was born and raised in Yerevan, Armenia, and is fluent in Armenian. He moved to Baku, Azerbaijan to study at the Azerbaijan State Economic University.
Abbasov was appointed as Minister of Agriculture in 2004 and re-appointed as minister on 31 October 2008 in a government reshuffle.
Abasov also served as President of the Table Tennis Federation of Azerbaijan from December 2004 to February 2014.
