Staff Changes in Ministry of Taxes
Baku / 09/21/17 / Turan: Nigar Alimova was appointed to the post of the head of the administration of the Ministry of Taxes. Her predecessor Agasamed Efendiyev has not yet received a new post in the structure of the ministry.
Nigar Alimova has been working in the tax system for a long time. Before the appointment to this position, she was the head of a division of the Taxpayer Service and Transparent Tax Partnership Department.
Javanshir Nuriyev has been appointed the director of the Internal Security Department. He replaced Vugar Ismayilov in this post.
It should be noted that Agasamed Efendiyev and Vugar Ismayilov held official positions in many business structures of Azerbaijan. --08B--
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