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