Aqil Qurbanov
Baku/13.12.22/Turan: By order of the head of state dated December 9, Agyl Gurbanov was appointed Deputy Minister of Defense of Azerbaijan, the press service of the Ministry of Defense of the country on Decemnber 13.
What areas he will oversee is not reported. Until now, Gurbanov has worked in the structures of Pasha Holding, in the Sumgayit Technopark and in the system of the special representative of the head of state in Zangelan.
This is the first time a civilian has been appointed to a senior position in the Ministry of Defense in the past 29 years. For the first time in 1992, Rahim Gaziyev became a civilian minister of defense in Azerbaijan. ---02D---
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