A new deputy minister of health has been appointed.
elchi reports that the Ministry of Health has provided information regarding this.
By the relevant Decree of President Ilham Aliyev, Rufat Jahangir oglu Hajialibayov has been appointed as the Deputy Minister of Health.
According to the information, Rufat Hajialibayov, who has been serving as the Advisor to the Minister of Health of the Republic of Azerbaijan on digitalization issues since July 2022, has led the development and implementation of the country’s national e-health strategy during this period and ensured the coordination of the digital transformation process of the healthcare system. As Deputy Minister of Health, his areas of activity include the application of innovations, strategic management, digitalization of healthcare, and medical statistics.
Rufat Hajialibayov is a specialist with 30 years of professional experience in the field of digital transformation. Throughout his long-term career, starting from managing complex technological projects for the corporate and public sectors, he has led the local representative offices of leading global information technology companies such as HP, Microsoft, and SAP in Azerbaijan.
He has extensive experience in developing and successfully implementing long-term information technology strategies at both state and corporate levels. His main areas of professional activity include strategic planning, crisis management, as well as managing complex projects in the context of large-scale institutional changes.
In addition to his main activities, Rufat Hajialibayov is actively involved in the development of the business and academic environment in the field of digitalization in Azerbaijan. He has served as a member of the Expert Commission on the development of innovative startups under KOBIA. Since 2017, he has been a member of the Board of Trustees of Baku Engineering University.
For his contributions to the development of information technologies in the Republic of Azerbaijan, he was awarded the “Taraggi” (Progress) medal by the Decree of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan in 2021.