title: Arif Valiyev
text: # Arif Valiyev
  
  Arif Valiyev Mikayil oglu (Azerbaijani: Arif Vəliyev Mikayıl oğlu) was an Azerbaijani politician who served as the Chairman of the State Statistics Committee of Azerbaijan Republic.
  
  ## Early life
  
  Valiyev was born on June 28, 1943, in Hasansu village of Agstafa District, Azerbaijan. In 1971, he graduated from the Azerbaijan State Economic University.
  
  ## Political career
  
  In May 1993, Valiyev was appointed the Chairman of the State Statistics Committee of Azerbaijan Republic, the post which he has held to this day.
  
  He was married and has two sons. He died in Baku in 2014 after a long illness.
  
  