Rovshan Mammadov
Rovshan Ragif oglu Mammadov (), also known as Rovshan Ragifoglu (; born 1979) is an Azerbaijani journalist who currently serves as the chairman of the Azerbaijan Television and Radio Broadcasting CJSC. Early years Rovshan Ragif oglu Mammadov was born on 15 June 1979, in the city of Aghstafa in the Azerbaijan SSR, which was then part of the Soviet Union. From 1985 to 1996, he studied at secondary school No. 24 in Sumgayit. Mammadov entered the Journalism Faculty of Baku State University in 1996 and graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2000. He studied at the Department of International Journalism of the same faculty since 2000, graduating in 2002 with a master's degree. From 2003 to 2006, Mammadov studied at the Department of Theory and Practice of Journalism of the same faculty and received a postgraduate degree. From 2009 to 2016, he studied at the Department of Philology and Journalism of Baku Slavic University. In 2016, he defended his doctoral dissertation on "Azerbaijani Diaspora Press and National Ideology in Europe (Germany, France, Turkey, England) during Independence" and received a doctorate in philology. Career Journalism Rovshan Mammadov worked at Lider TV for many years and started his career as a sports