By order of the Minister of Labour and Social Protection of Population, Rashid Shamil oglu Vazirov has been appointed adviser to the Minister.

Born in 1979, Rashid Vazirov is a graduate of Azerbaijan Medical University and holds a PhD in Medicine. He has participated in training and professional development programmes in hospital management at the Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy (ADA University) and in Fukuoka, Japan.

He has held various positions at the Republican Diagnostic Centre and the Central Oil Workers Hospital, and has served as Executive Director of the Republican Diagnostic Centre since November 2018.

For many years, he has worked in healthcare management, coordination of international projects, and organisation of medical support for large-scale events.

He served as Chief Medical Officer responsible for medical services at Formula 1 races and as Deputy Head for Medical and Anti-Doping Affairs of the Organising Committee of the First European Games held in Baku in 2015. He also served as an adviser on medical matters during the 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games, COP29 and the CIS Games.

At various stages of his career, he also worked with the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.