Background
Eyyubov was born in 1945 in Baku, Azerbaijan.
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Education
In 1963-1964, he studied at Azerbaijan Technical University. In 1968, after returning to Baku, he continued his education at Azerbaijan Technical University and graduated in 1972 with a degree in construction engineering.
Career
He briefly worked at the Sattarkhan Plant (then the Lieutenant Schmidt Plant) in 1964 and was then conscripted to military service in the Soviet Army from 1964 until 1967. In 1973-1974, he was deputy chairman of the party committee of the university. In 1975-1997, Eyyubov worked half time as a senior professor, assistant dean, docent, acting dean, prorector on scientific issues and department director at Azerbaijan Architecture and Construction University.
In 1997-1999, he chaired the Regulation of Industrial Activities Safety Committee and Highland Field Exploration Regulation Committee.
From 1999 until 2003, he served in the Cabinet of Azerbaijan as Deputy Prime Minister mainly coordinating issues of the energy industry. In 2001, he was appointed head of the committee on termination and privatization of a large state company, Azneftekhimmash.
On February 13, 2003 he was appointed as First Deputy Prime Minister. Eyyubov has chaired the Interdepartmental Committee for Protection of State Secrets under the President of Azerbaijan (established on January 17, 1997).
Committee for Cooperation with North Atlantic Treaty Organization under the President of Azerbaijan (established on November 14, 1997) and co-chairs the following commissions under the Ministry of Economic Development:
Azerbaijan-Tajikistan Intergovernmental Commission on Trade and Economic Relations;
Azerbaijan-Dagestan (Russian Federation) Intergovernmental Commission for Cooperation on Economic and Humanitarian Issues
Azerbaijan-Belarus Intergovernmental Commission for Bilateral Cooperation on Economic Relations
Azerbaijan-Moldova Bilateral Economic Cooperation Commission
Azerbaijan-Pakistan Bilateral Commission
Azerbaijan-Uzbekistan Intergovernmental Commission
Azerbaijan-Romania Joint Intergovernmental Commission on Scientific and Technical Cooperation and Trade and Economic Relations
Azerbaijan-Saudi Arabia Joint Intergovernmental Commission on Economic, Trade, Investment, Cultural, Sports and Youth Relations
Azerbaijan-Russia Intergovernmental Commission on Economic Cooperation
Azerbaijan-Moscow State Commission on Cooperation
Azerbaijan-Ukraine Intergovernmental Commission on Economic Cooperation
Azerbaijan-Turkmenistan Intergovernmental Committee for Cooperation on Economic and Humanitarian Issues
Azerbaijan-Romania Joint Intergovernmental Commission on Scientific and Technical Cooperation and Trade, Economic and Cultural Relations.>
In September 2009, he was also appointed to develop the oil and gas strategy of Azerbaijan by President Ilham Aliyev.
Politics
While at the university, he was the chairman of the Communist Youth League Committee of the Construction Studies Department from 1970 through 1972.
