Cabinet of Azerbaijan

Cabinet of Ministers of Republic of Azerbaijan
Azərbaycan Respublikasının Nazirlər Kabineti
Agency overview
Formed	18 October 1991
Headquarters	68 Lermontov str, Baku, Azerbaijan AZ1066
Agency executive	Ali Asadov, Prime Minister;
Website	www.cabmin.gov.az

The Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Azerbaijan (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan Respublikasının Nazirlər Kabineti) is the highest executive body of Azerbaijan, the executive and governing body over the ministries and other central executive bodies under the president of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

Chiefs of State

Main office-holders
Office	Name	Party	Since
President	İlham Aliyev	New Azerbaijan Party (YAP)	15 October 2003
Vice President	Mehriban Aliyeva	New Azerbaijan Party (YAP)	21 February 2017

The head of state and head of government are separate from the country's law-making body. The President is the head of the state and head of the executive branch. The people elect the president; the President appoints the Vice President, and the Prime Minister is nominated by the President and confirmed by the National Assembly of Azerbaijan. The President appoints all cabinet-level government administrators (ministers, heads of other central and local executive bodies) and has the competence to chair meetings of the Cabinet. President also has the competence to cancel the orders and resolutions of the Cabinet. In 2009 Referendum, the Constitution of Azerbaijan was amended, abolishing any term limit for the office of President.^[1]

Cabinet members

The Cabinet of Ministers is composed of the prime minister, their deputies, ministers, and heads of other central bodies of executive power. The Cabinet resigns when a newly elected president takes their rights and begins carrying out their powers.^[2] As a rule, the prime minister chairs the meetings of the Cabinet.

Office	Incumbent	Since	Age
Prime Minister	Ali Asadov	8 October 2019	67	New Azerbaijan Party
First Deputy Prime Minister	Yaqub Eyyubov	13 February 2003	79	New Azerbaijan Party
Deputy Prime Minister	Ali Ahmadov	22 October 2013	71	New Azerbaijan Party
Deputy Prime Minister	Shahin Mustafayev	22 October 2019	59	New Azerbaijan Party
Minister of Agriculture	Majnun Mammadov	14 April 2023	41	Independent
Minister of Culture	Adil Karimli	14 April 2023	45	Independent
Minister of Defense	Zakir Hasanov	22 October 2013	65	Independent
Minister of Defense Industry	Madat Guliyev	20 June 2019	66	Independent
Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources	Mukhtar Babayev	23 April 2018	57	New Azerbaijan Party
Minister of Economy	Mikayil Jabbarov	23 October 2019	48	Independent
Minister of Science and Education	Emin Amrullayev	27 July 2020	41	Independent
Minister of Emergency Situations	Kamaladdin Heydarov	6 February 2006	63	Independent
Minister of Energy	Parviz Shahbazov	12 October 2017	54	Independent
Minister of Finance	Samir Sharifov	18 April 2006	63	Independent
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Jeyhun Bayramov	16 July 2020	51	Independent
Minister of Healthcare	Teymur Musayev	19 January 2022	54	Independent
Minister of Internal Affairs	Vilayet Eyvazov	20 June 2019	56	Independent
Minister of Justice	Fikrat Mammadov	19 April 2000	69	Independent
Minister of Labour and Social Protection of Population	Sahil Babayev	21 April 2018	44	New Azerbaijan Party
Minister of Digital Development and Transport	Rashad Nabiyev	25 January 2021	47	Independent
Minister of Youth and Sports	Farid Gayibov	9 September 2021	45	Independent
Chair of State Committee for City Building and Architecture	Anar Guliyev	8 January 2020	47	Independent
Chair of State Committee for Family, Women and Children Affairs	Bahar Muradova	12 March 2020	62	New Azerbaijan Party
Chair of State Committee for Refugees and IDPs	Rovshan Rzayev	21 April 2018	62	Independent
Chair of State Committee on Work with Diaspora	Fuad Muradov	23 April 2018	45	Independent
Chair of State Committee for Work with Religious Organizations	Mubariz Gurbanli	21 July 2014	70	New Azerbaijan Party
Chair of State Customs Committee	Safar Mehdiyev	23 April 2018	51	Independent
Chair of State Statistics Committee	Tahir Budagov	13 August 2015	59	New Azerbaijan Party
Chief of Foreign Intelligence Service	Orkhan Sultanov	14 December 2015	47	Independent
Chief of State Border Service	Elchin Guliyev	31 July 2002	57	Independent
Chief of State Migration Service	Vusal Huseynov	23 April 2018	44	New Azerbaijan Party
Chief of State Security Service	Ali Naghiyev	20 June 2019	66	Independent
Chief of State Service for Mobilization and Conscription	Mürsal Ibrahimov	14 April 2023	54	Independent
Chair of State Food Safety Agency	Goshgar Tahmazli	25 December 2017	54	Independent
Chair of State Tourism Agency	Fuad Naghiyev	23 April 2018	49	Independent

Procedure for appointment

The President appoints the prime minister with the consent of the National Assembly. The proposed candidate for the post of prime minister is submitted for consideration to the Assembly by the President not later than one month from the day when the President begins carrying out their powers, or not later than two weeks from the day of the resignation of the Cabinet. The Assembly adopts a resolution concerning the candidate to the post of prime minister not later than within one week from the day when such candidature has been proposed. Should this procedure be violated, or candidatures proposed by the President for the post of prime minister be rejected three times, then the President may appoint a prime minister without consent of the Assembly.^[3]

List of cabinets

Fourth cabinet of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic

Picture gallery

Government House of Baku
The building on a Soviet stamp 40th anniversary of Azerbaijan SSR

References

^ Elections in Azerbaijan; embarrassment for the West Archived 27 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine, EastWeek, November 2010
^ "Official web-site of President of Azerbaijan Republic - AZERBAIJAN » Constitution". en.president.az. Archived from the original on 27 May 2011. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
^ "Official web-site of President of Azerbaijan Republic - AZERBAIJAN » Constitution". en.president.az. Archived from the original on 27 May 2011. Retrieved 12 November 2017.

[OSW-1] Elections in Azerbaijan; embarrassment for the West Archived 27 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine, EastWeek, November 2010

[2] "Official web-site of President of Azerbaijan Republic - AZERBAIJAN » Constitution". en.president.az. Archived from the original on 27 May 2011. Retrieved 12 November 2017.

[3] "Official web-site of President of Azerbaijan Republic - AZERBAIJAN » Constitution". en.president.az. Archived from the original on 27 May 2011. Retrieved 12 November 2017.

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