Ziya Mammadov

Ziya Mammadov
Ziya Məmmədov
Minister of Transportation of Azerbaijan Republic
In office
8 August 2002  February 13, 2017
PresidentHeydar Aliyev, Ilham Aliyev
Preceded byoffice established
Chairman of Azerbaijan State Railway Administration
In office
July 31, 1996  August 8, 2002
PresidentHeydar Aliyev
Personal details
Born (1952-04-28) April 28, 1952
Azerbaijan

Ziya Mammadov Arzuman oglu (Azerbaijani: Ziya Məmmədov Arzuman oğlu) is an Azerbaijani politician and billionaire who served as the Minister of Transportation. BBC News has described him as among "the wealthiest and most powerful in the governing elite" in Azerbaijan. Mammadov has been implicated in a number of corruption scandals and exposes, including the Azerbaijani laundromat scandal.