The President issued a decree on the appointment of three deputies to the head of his administration Ramiz Mehdiyev. His deputies are Ali Assadov (before the Presidential Adviser on Economic Matters), Novruz Mammadov (previously Head of the Department of International Relations of the Presidential Administration) and Zeynal Nagdaliyev (previously Head of the Department for Work with Regional Administration and Local Self-government of the Presidential Administration).
It has not been reported if they will keep the old positions. What caused these appointments is not clear either. However, there is clear increase in the status of Ali Assadov, whow has become a third or a fourth person in the President Administration. -02D-
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On January 20, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Switzerland on a working visit to attend the World Economic Forum in Davos.
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Azerbaijani citizen Farid Safarli has been released from an Iranian prison and returned to his homeland.
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The speaker of the Platform III of the Republic (ResPlatforma), Akif Gurbanov, who was arrested in the Toplum TV case, has addressed the country's President Ilham Aliyev.
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Niyameddin Akhmedov, an activist of the Party of People's Front of Azerbaijan (PPFA), has started a hunger strike in penitentiary institution No. 7, where he is serving a prison sentence. This is stated in the PPFA report.
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