Garib Mammadov
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Garib Mammadov Shamil oglu is an Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan , officially the Republic of Azerbaijan is the largest country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia to the west, and Iran to...

i scholar and politician serving as the Chairman of State Land and Cartography Committee of Azerbaijan Republic
State Land and Cartography Committee (Azerbaijan)
The State Land and Cartography Committee of Azerbaijan Republic is a governmental agency within the Cabinet of Azerbaijan in charge of implementing land cadastre, monitoring and reforms; restoration and increasing of land productivity, setting territorial units in Azerbaijan Republic...

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Early life

Mammadov was born on January 6, 1947 in Yeniyol
Aghvorik
Aghvorik is a village and rural community in the Shirak Province of Armenia. The National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia reported its population was 118 in 2010, up from 90 at the 2001 census....

 village in Amasiya district of Armenia. He graduated from Azerbaijan Pedagogic Institute
Azerbaijan University of Languages
Azerbaijan University of Languages is a public university located in Baku, Azerbaijan. The student body consists of approximately 4000 undergraduates and 900 graduate students...

 in 1970. He then worked at the Scientific Research Department of Ministry of Agriculture
Ministry of Agriculture (Azerbaijan)
The Ministry of Agriculture of Azerbaijan is an Azerbaijani governmental agency within the Cabinet of Azerbaijan in charge of regulation of the economic activity in the agricultural sector of the country with a purpose of increasing the sector's production capacity. Agriculture is Azerbaijan's...

. In 1971-1972, he served in the Soviet Army
Soviet Army
The Soviet Army is the name given to the main part of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union between 1946 and 1992. Previously, it had been known as the Red Army. Informally, Армия referred to all the MOD armed forces, except, in some cases, the Soviet Navy.This article covers the Soviet Ground...

. In 1972, Mammadov started working at Soil Science and Agrochemistry Institute of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences , located in Baku, is the main state research organization in Azerbaijan...

. In 1973, he got enrolled in post graduate studies of the institute defending his thesis in 1978 and obtaining a PhD in Agricultural Sciences. Mammadov then worked as the Junior and Senior Scientific Specialist. In 1984, he was appointed the head of the institute's lab. In 1991, he obtained a PhD in Biology with concentration on Ecology.

Political career

In 1994-1996, Mammadov was an expert on agriculture and member of High Attestation Commission of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan
President of Azerbaijan
The country of Azerbaijan is a presidential republic, with the President of Azerbaijan as the head of state, and the Prime Minister of Azerbaijan as head of government...

. In 1995, he was elected member to National Assembly of Azerbaijan
National Assembly of Azerbaijan
The National Assembly , also transliterated as Milli Majlis is the legislative branch of government in Azerbaijan. The unicameral National Assembly has 125 deputies: previously 100 members were elected for five-year terms in single-seat constituencies and 25 were members elected by proportional...

 from Khatai district of Baku. According to the Presidential Decree of Heydar Aliyev
Heydar Aliyev
Heydar Alirza oglu Aliyev , also spelled as Heidar Aliev, Geidar Aliev, Haydar Aliyev, Geydar Aliyev was the third President of Azerbaijan for the New Azerbaijan Party from June 1993 to October 2003, when his son Ilham Aliyev succeeded him.From 1969 till 1982, Aliyev was also the leader of Soviet...

 on June 25, 1997 he was appointed chairman of State Land Committee, on April 18, 2001 - of newly established State Land and Cartography Committee. On 23 October 2004, he was again reappointed to the same position by President Ilham Aliyev
Ilham Aliyev
Ilham Heydar oglu Aliyev is the President of Azerbaijan since 2003. He also functions as the Chairman of the New Azerbaijan Party and the head of the National Olympic Committee...

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Works

Mammadov is the author of over 400 scientific works, 21 monographs and books, 20 methodic recommendations and booklets, maps of lands and ecological assessment of lands of Azerbaijan, as well as the author of numerous scientific studies on land cadastre, ecological fruitfulness model of lands, ecological assessment of lands, land valuation, monitoring of ecological quality of lands, founder of the concept on study of ecological problems of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Scientific solution of issues on economic (monetary) assessment of lands that is of big importance in implementation of land reforms belongs to Mammadov.

Since 1994, he's held the position of the Director of Soil Science and Agrochemistry Institute of Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan. He is also the President of Azerbaijan Soil Scientists Society. Since 2001, Mammadov is an associate member of National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan, academician of International Ecology and Energy Academy, member of Russia Ecology Academy, full member of International Noosfer Academy, full member of Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Academy of Sciences
The Russian Academy of Sciences consists of the national academy of Russia and a network of scientific research institutes from across the Russian Federation as well as auxiliary scientific and social units like libraries, publishers and hospitals....

, from May 10, 2002 academician of International Academy of Sciences.

Works

Mammadov has been awarded with V.V. Dokuchaev Medal in 1983, '"Silver Medal of Ministry of Agriculture and Food of USSR in 1987, Azerbaijani American Cultural Center Award in 1999, Heydar Aliyev
Heydar Aliyev
Heydar Alirza oglu Aliyev , also spelled as Heidar Aliev, Geidar Aliev, Haydar Aliyev, Geydar Aliyev was the third President of Azerbaijan for the New Azerbaijan Party from June 1993 to October 2003, when his son Ilham Aliyev succeeded him.From 1969 till 1982, Aliyev was also the leader of Soviet...

Medal, Russian Academy of Sciences Medal in 2001.

Mammadov is married and has 2 children.
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