He has been described as an influential actor in Azerbaijani politics due to his close relationship to Azerbaijan's authoritarian leader Ilham Aliyev.

[2] Even though his only known source of wealth is a modest government salary for the last thirty years, his family has spent at least $160 million through secretive offshore companies on real estate in the United Kingdom and Dubai.

[3] On September 20, 1993, Baylar Eyyubov was appointed Deputy Chief of the Main Security Department of the Supreme State Authorities and Management Bodies of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

[4] On June 2, 2003, Baylar Eyyubov was appointed First Deputy Chief of the Special State Protection Service of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

A Wikileaks cable indicates that a French businessman claimed that he was forced to sell his share in an Azerbaijani brewery due to pressure from Eyyubov.