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New Deputy Minister of Finance Appointed
President Ilham Aliyev appointed Emin Zamin Oglu Huseynov Deputy Minister of Finance on June 24.
42-year-old E. Huseynov earlier served as Director of the Center for Research and Development of the Central Bank of Azerbaijan.
Emin Huseynov graduated from the State University of Economics (1996) and from the Master’s course at Florida State University (USA, 1998). In 2009, he graduated from the Master's course in public administration at Harvard University. He worked at the World Bank and the IMF representative in Baku, and since 2005 – in the Central Bank of Azerbaijan.
The Minister of Finance has the First Deputy and two Deputies. 08D
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