After the establishment of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (ADR) in 1918, the first temporary Government's Cabinet was organized and The Ministry of Agriculture and Labour was created, which was led by Akbar aga Sheykhulislam.

[2] After the establishment of Azerbaijan SSR in 1920, the Council of People's Commissars was arranged and Aliheydar Garayev was appointed as a commissioner for Justice and Labour.

Main directions of the commissariat were improving the social provision system and giving privileges to the disabled people and workforce.

[2] The Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of the Population was established on December 10, 1992, by the Presidential Decree of Abulfaz Elchibey.

[6] Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of the Population Azerbaijan cooperates with more than twenty various countries such as Russia, Turkey, Germany, Sweden, Austria, Netherlands, Bulgaria, Latvia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan.

According to the statistics, there are signed more than forty agreements, memorandums and protocols between the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of the Population and the same structures of the foreign countries.

[7] During the official travel of Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev to Turkey in 2013 governmental agreements were signed between the Ministries of Labour and Social Protection of the Population.

There is a Permanent Jointly Commission between Turkey and Azerbaijan realizes mutual relations in social protection field.

Declaration assembled main issues such as the creation of new workshops, achievement of the development through the decrease in inequality and invest in the improvement of abilities and realization of the whole usage of disabled people's potential opportunities.

In September 2016 Russian delegates visited Azerbaijan under the leadership of the Deputy Chairman of Russia, Olga Golodets.