[2][3] President Heydar Aliyev appointed Heydarov as Chairman of the State Customs Committee in 1995.

[2] Heydarov was implicated in the Daphne Project investigation into secretive investments across Europe and the Middle-East through a Maltese bank.

The sons own a network of offshore companies that have invested tens of millions of pounds in Europe.

His latest album is called Sənə güvəndiyim dağlar (Azerbaijani: The mountains to lean on).

His songs have been performed by famous singers such as Flora Kerimova, Ilhama Guliyeva, Aygun Kazimova, Zulfiyya Khanbabayeva.