Two deputies of the State Committee for Work with Religious Structures (SCWRS) were dismissed from their posts
Two deputies of the State Committee for Work with Religious Structures (SCWRS) were dismissed from their posts
By order of the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, Sayyad Salahly (Aran) and Siyavush Heydarov resigned from the positions of deputy chairmen of the State Committee for Work with Religious Structures (SCWRS.) The orders for their dismissal were signed on July 13, the ministry said.
Earlier in February of this year, after the early presidential elections, the head of the SCWRS Mubariz Gurbanli was also replaced, and Ramin Mammadov, deputy of the sixth convocation of the Milli Majlis, was appointed instead of him.
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