Rauf Soltan oghlu Hajiyev[a] (15 May 1922 – 19 September 1995) was a Soviet and Azerbaijani composer and politician.

From 1948 to 1949, Hajiyev studied at Moscow Conservatory at Nikolai Rakov, but in 1953, graduated from Azerbaijan Conservatoire with the class of compositions at Gara Garayev.

At the initiative of Soviet leadership, Rauf Hajiyev was sent to Algeria as the General Adviser of Art throughout the African continent.

[3] After returning to the USSR, he became the chairman of the Union of Composers of the Azerbaijan SSR, and remained at this post to the end of his life.

Rauf Hajiyev is the author of 150 songs and the most popular including-"My Azerbaijan", "Spring is coming", "My Lover", "Baku", "Leyla".