New assistant of Mehriban Aliyeva runs five companies at PashaHolding (updated)
Baku/26.12.19/Turan: Andrei Sipilin, who was appointed assistant to the first vice-president of the country, was previously the director of at least five companies included in Pasha Holding:
"Port Baku Kids Club", "Garage Parking", "Chic and Chic", "Abşeron" and "Azərbaycan Hospitaliti". He also headed the department at "PAŞA İnşaat.
Sipilin is 40 years old; he is a graduate of the Law Faculty of Baku University and studied business administration at the Economic University of the capital. -02D-
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2019 December 26 (Thursday) 12:47:32
New Assistant to Mehriban Aliyeva
Baku / 26.12.19 / Turan: Andrei Sipilin has been appointed new assistant to the country's First Vice President, Mehriban Aliyeva, the head of state said in a statement.
It is known about the new assistant that for a long time he held senior positions in companies belonging to Pasha Holding.
What questions he will oversee has not been reported. –06D0-
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