President Ilham Aliyev signed a decree on the appointment of Ali Hasanov, assistant head of state for social and political issues, said on Monday evening the site of the President.
Ali Hasanov has served as head of the department for social and political issues of the presidential administration. It is not clear whether he will retain the post, and what is the responsibility of the assistant head of state?
Currently Ilham Aliyev has a military assistant (Vahid Aliyev), state adviser on economic issues (Vahid Akhundov), Assistant for Economic Affairs (Ali Assad) and the state adviser on ethnic, religious and cultural issues (Kamal Abdullayev.)
According to unofficial reports, Ali Hasanov, aiming for the head of the presidential administration, instead of a 76-year-old and Ramiz Mehdiyev, who will soon leave his post for health reasons.
According to some reports, a 79-year-old prime minister Arthur Rasizadewioll also leave his post soon. There are several candidates for his post, and one of which is the current Minister of Culture Abulfaz Karaev.-02В-
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On November 14, the House of Commons of the UK Parliament held a hearing on "Academic Freedom and Corruption in Azerbaijan's Energy Sector," focusing on the issue of political prisoners in Azerbaijan. The event, organized in collaboration with Global Witness and the Global Magnitsky Justice Campaign, was moderated by Joe Powell, head of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Anti-Corruption.
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Head of the External Relations and Security Service of the EU Josep Borrel rejected the accusations against him and European countries made by the head of Azerbaijan at the COP29 conference the previous day.
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On Thursday, President Ilham Aliyev received the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Alain Berset, who arrived to participate in the COP29 climate conference.
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The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) today issued five rulings on applications from Azerbaijan. The case of "Afgan Mammadov v. Azerbaijan" concerned the complainant's exclusion from the Bar Association. Mammadov was expelled based on a complaint filed by a colleague, which he considered unjust. The ECHR ruled that Mammadov's rights had been violated and ordered Azerbaijan to pay him €5,000 in compensation for moral damage and €1,000 to cover legal costs.
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