Arif Mircalal oglu Pashayev (Azerbaijani: Arif Mircəlal oğlu Paşayev; born February 15, 1934) is an Azerbaijani businessperson who is the father of Mehriban Aliyeva, the vice president of Azerbaijan and President Ilham Aliyev’s wife.

He graduated from the faculty of radiophysics of Odessa National Academy of Telecommunications.

In 1959 he began working at the Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Azerbaijan SSR.

In 1966 he defended his thesis on the topic "Development of methods and devices for contactless measurement of semiconductor materials parameters at high and extreme high frequencies".

In 1978 he defended his thesis on the topic of “Physical basis, development principles and prospects of non-destructive methods in the research of semi-conductors” and became a doctor of physical and mathematical sciences.