Presidential Administration of Azerbaijan

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The Office of Azerbaijan President
Azərbaycan Respublikasının Prezidentinin Administrasiyası
Coat of arms of Azerbaijan.svg
Agency overview
Formed October 18, 1991
Jurisdiction Executive
Headquarters 19 Istiglaliyyat Street, Baku, Azerbaijan AZ1066
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Agency executives
Website www.president.az

The Office of the President of Azerbaijan (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan Respublikası Prezidentinin Administrasiyası) is the executive administration of President of Azerbaijan. The office is in charge of fulfilling the constitutional responsibilities of the President.[1] The headquarters of office is located on Istiglaliyyat Street of the capital city, Baku.[2][3][4]

History

The Office of the President of Azerbaijan was established with the declaration of independence of Azerbaijan on October 18, 1991. The administration is located in a twelve story building with surface made of marble and granite. The construction of the building, initiated by the First Secretary of Communist Party of Azerbaijan SSR Heydar Aliyev and supervised by project manager Fuad Orujov and architects Tahir Allahverdiyev and Madat Khalafov, was started in 1978 and completed in 1986. It was then occupied by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Azerbaijan. After the restoration of Azerbaijan's independence in 1991, the building was assigned to the President of Azerbaijan and his administration and it was renamed the Presidential Palace in 2005.[5]

Structure

The Office of the President of Azerbaijan is currently headed by Ramiz Mehdiyev. The structure of the office is as follows:[6]

  • Service of the State Councilor for economic policy issues
  • Secretariat of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Service of the Press Secretary of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Service of Head of the Administrative Department of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • The Protocol Service of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Department on work with law-enforcement bodies of Administration of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Department of legislation and legal expertise
  • Department of humanitarian policy issues
  • Department of foreign relations (Head of department - Novruz Mammadov)
  • Department of work with regional administration and local self-governance bodies
  • Department of public-political issues (Head of department - Ali Hasanov)
  • Department of political analysis and information provision
  • Department of state control
  • Department of economic policy issues
  • Department of agrarian policy issues
  • Department of human resources
  • Department of work with documents and citizens' applications
  • Department of publications and translations

See also

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