He was elected as a deputy of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan (Milli Majlis) on the III, IV, V and VI convening's, and nowadays he is a member of the Committee on Economic Policy, a vice-chairman of the Permanent Commission of the IPA CIS on Political Issues and International Cooperation, a member of the Working group on culture, science and education of GUAM, Dr. of Economics, Professor, head of an academic department in Azerbaijan Technical University, professor of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.
He continuously participated in symposiums in Nice, London, Kiev, and also produced fundamental speeches on development ways of Azeri economy and achieved successes at conferences, held by Azeri government in Great Britain, Russia, Ukraine, Italy, Public Republic of China, Kuwait, Germany, Northern Cyprus, Latvia, Moldova, Kazakhstan and the UAE.
He was in many foreign trips via Milli Majlis and the IPA CIS, participated as an observer in most of the presidential and parliamentary elections organized in CIA countries and works purposefully and effectively in direction of delivering Azeri realities to the world community.
[1] Rufat Guliyev's theses are: a) "Evolution of efficient usage factors of production funds in terms of transition towards market (on industry materials of Azerbaijan Republic)" - thesis for the degree of candidate of Economic Sciences.
It was defended on February 20, 2004 on Academic Council of the Institute of Economy of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences under speciality 08.00.01 (Economic theory).