Parliament to Elect New Ombudsman
Baku /22.11.19 / Turan: On November 22, the agenda of the plenary meeting of the Milli Majlis includes the election of the new Ombudsman of the country. Deputies have to make a choice of three candidates.
In particular, President Ilham Aliyev submitted to parliament the candidatures of the deputy chairman of the Baku Court of Appeal, Kamala Abiyeva, head of the human rights and public relations department of the Supreme Court, Kamala Aliyeva, and deputy head of the apparatus of the Constitutional Court Sabina Aliyeva.
The new Ombudsman will replace 82-year-old Elmira Suleymanova, who has been the Commissioner for Human Rights since 2002. –06D--
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