 From 1997 to 2018, he was Head of the Department of Foreign Relations of the Presidential Administration of Azerbaijan.On April 21, 2018 he was appointed as the Prime Minister of Azerbaijan by President Ilham Aliyev.Novruz Mammadov authored over 20 scientific articles and several books, including more than 300 articles dedicated to the political and public-political issues

He translated “A Myth of Terror” by Erich Feigl" into French in 2001.