Farid Gayibov
Farid Fazil oghlu Gayibov (, born 24 April 1979) is the Minister of Youth and Sports and Vice-President of the National Olympic Committee of Azerbaijan since 2021. He also served as the President of European Gymnastics since 2017, member of the FIG Executive Committee, Chairman of UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for Physical Education and Sport (since 2022). Biography Farid Gayibov was born on April 24, 1979, in Baku, Azerbaijan. In 1995, he graduated from the secondary school No. 1 in Baku. In the same year, he was admitted to the Faculty of Business Organization and Management at the Azerbaijan State Institute of Economics under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Azerbaijan. In 1999, he obtained a bachelor's degree in Business Management, and in 2001, he earned a master's degree in the same field. In 2014, he received the academic title of Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences from the Lesgaft National State University of Physical Education, Sport and Health in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Farid Gayibov is married and has two sons and a daughter. Activity Activity in the oil field From 2000 to 2001, he worked in the warehouse of the State Oil Company of the Republic of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) in the "Balakhanineft" Oil and Gas Production Department. In 2001–2003, he served as an economist in the Planning Department of SOCAR's Balakhanineft Oil and Gas Production Department. Activity in the field of sports From 2003 to 2005, he held the position of sports and logistics manager at the Azerbaijan Gymnastics Federation (AGF), actively contributing to the organization of 3 World Cups in Rhythmic Gymnastics (2003, 2004, 2005), the local organizing committees of the 27th World Cup (2005) and International Judges' Course (2007) in Artistic Gymnastics held in Baku. In 2005–2006, Farid Gayibov was the General Manager at AWF, and in 2006, he was elected Secretary General of the Federation during the reporting election conference. In 2006–2007, 2008–2009 and 2013–2014, he served as the executive director of the local organizing committees for three European Gymnastics events (2007, 2009, 2014) held in Baku. In 2008, he became a member of the council of the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) for the 2008–2012 Olympic period during the 77th Congress of the Federation held in Helsinki, Finland. On December 25, 2010, Farid Gayibov was re-elected as Secretary General of the AGF, and became a member of the council of FIG at the 79th Congress of FIG in 2012 held in Cancún, Mexico. In 2013, he became the Vice-President of the European Gymnastics Union in the 25th congress of the union held in Portorož, Slovenia. Farid Gayibov remained a member of the National Olympic Committee of Azerbaijan (NOC) from 2013 to 2021. From 2013 to 2014, he organized coaching courses for the FIG Academy and from 2014 to 2015, he chaired the Executive Committee for the Local Organizing Committee of the Joint Open Azerbaijani Championship for the test tournament on 6 disciplines of gymnastics for 2015 European Games. He also worked as a consultant for gymnastics competitions