İnam Kərimov
Baku/03.04.23/Turan: The Parliamentary Committee on Legal Policy and State Building Issues on April 3 approved the candidacy of Inam Kerimov, Minister of Agriculture, for the post of the member of the Supreme Court of Azerbaijan, and recommended him for approval at the plenary session of the Milli Majlis. This was reported to Turan by sources in the country's Parliament.
As is expected, once Kerimov is approved as a judge of the Supreme Court, the head of state will appoint him as the chairman of the country's highest judicial authority.
The post of the chairman of the Supreme Court fell vacant after Ramiz Rzayev resigned the post after reaching the age limit.
Kerimov, 46, had a law degree from the Sorbonne and Strasbourg universities, but has not previously worked in the judiciary.
At that. he was chief consultant in the Presidential administration and served as chairman of the State Agency for Services to Citizens and Social Innovation (ASAN) under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
In 2018. Kerimov was appointed Minister of Agriculture. -21В06-
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