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The Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev appointed Mehriban Aliyeva the First Vice President.
This sensational news was published on the website of the President. What exactly will be the powers of the First Vice President is not reported.
In 2016, the country held a referendum, which introduced the posts of the First Vice President and Vice Presidents.
It is assumed that the First Vice President will oversee the work of the government. Besides, the Cabinet will be subjected to serious reform.
Mehriban Aliyeva was born August 26, 1964. She is an eye doctor by specialty. She was an MP of three convocations, the head of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, and the deputy head of the ruling party New Azerbaijan.
She also led the organizing committee for the Eurovision Song Contest in Baku in 2012 and the European Games 2015. -02D-
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