Gudrat Gurbanov Ganbar 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 politician who serves as the Chief of State Maritime Administration of Azerbaijan Republic

State Maritime Administration (Azerbaijan)

The State Maritime Administration of Azerbaijan Republic is a governmental agency within the Cabinet of Azerbaijan in charge of regulating activities in the maritime sector of Azerbaijan Republic. The agency is headed by Gudrat Gurbanov.-History:...

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Political career

Gurbanov was appointed the Chief of State Maritime Administration on April 21, 2006 when the agency was established by the President

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...

 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...

. Since taking the office, he has increased the capabilities of the Azerbaijani maritime transportation and renovated the Baku International Sea Trade Port. An modernization of surveillance activities in the Azerbaijani sector of the Caspian Sea

Caspian Sea

The Caspian Sea is the largest enclosed body of water on Earth by area, variously classed as the world's largest lake or a full-fledged sea. The sea has a surface area of and a volume of...

 has also been instituted by setting control over navigation through the Remote Monitoring and Control System in early 2010. In cooperation with State Border Service

State Border Service (Azerbaijan)

The State Border Service of Azerbaijan Republic also known as Border Guard of Azerbaijan is a governmental law enforcement agency in charge of protecting the borders of Azerbaijan Republic.-History:...

, Gurbanov also helped modernize the maritime security in the Azerbaijani sector of the sea for protection of borders and objects of national importance.