in Economics, Head of Chair and program director at London School of Economics Robert Mandell, Columbia University Professor – US, Nobel Prize Laureate Roger Myerson, Nobel Prize Laureate in Economics, Professor of Arizona University (USA) Kenneth Arrow, Nobel Prize Laureate in Economics, Professor at Harvard University (USA), Founder of School of Economy Rectors Mehdi bay Ismayilov (1930–1934) Rashid Qayıbov (1934–1937) Macid Quliyev (1937) Habib Huseynov (1937–1939) Bilqeyis Hashimzade (1939–1941) Aliqulu Farajov (1945–1950) Xurshud Mammadov (1951–1954) Shamil Aliyev (1955–1959) Sarvar Aslanli (1966–1973) Zeynal Alakbarov (1973–1986) Ragib Guliyev (1986–1989) Fuad Alasgarov (1989–1992) Hasan Gasimov (1992–1994) İslam Garayev (1994–2000) Ali Abbasov (2000–2004) Shamsaddin Hajiyev (2004–2014) Adalat Muradov (2014-right now) Famous graduates Ismat Abbasov, Deputy Prime Minister of Azerbaijan Republic Avaz Alakbarov, former Minister of Finance of Azerbaijan Republic Fizuli Alakbarov, former Minister of Labor and Social Protection of Population of Azerbaijan Republic Azer Amiraslanov, The chief of Department for Agrarian Policy Issues of the Presidential Administration of Azerbaijan Republic Heydar Asadov, Minister of Agriculture of Azerbaijan Republic Rufat Aslanli, Chairman of State Committee for Securities of Azerbaijan Republic Nazim Ibrahimov, Chairman of State Committee on Work with Diaspora of Azerbaijan Republic Telman Ismailov, Ex Businessman Karam Hasanov, Chairman of State Property Issues Committee of Azerbaijan Republic Mikayil Jabbarov, Minister of Education of Azerbaijan Republic Eldar Mahmudov, former Minister of National Security of Azerbaijan Republic Fazil Mammadov, Minister of Taxes of Azerbaijan Republic Ali Masimov, former acting Prime Minister of Azerbaijan Republic Salim Muslumov, Minister of Labor and Social Protection of Population of Azerbaijan Republic Shahin Mustafayev, Minister of Economy and Industry of Azerbaijan Republic Elman Rustamov, Chairman of the Management Board of Central Bank of Azerbaijan Aris Hüseynov, Economist-Accountant of BCC Group of Companies Interesting facts Setting for Novel Ali and Nino Kurban Said's landmark novel, Ali and Nino, opens in a classroom in the Economics University building in Baku. Ali Khan, the protagonist, took his final graduation exams in that building, which is located on one of Baku's most prestigious streets – Independence (Istiglaliyyat), though at the time of the novel, it was called Nikolay Street, named after the Russian czar Nicholas II. Nino's school, now Public School No. 132, was located across the street. Curiously, both Yusif Vazir (Chamanzaminli) (1887-1943), the Core Author of Ali and Nino, as well as Essad Bey / Lev Nussimbaum (1905-1942) both attended this school. Vazirov attended Baku Realni High School (having transferred in as a