Azerbaijan President appoints his wife as the country’s vice president

 Azerbaijan President , Ilham Aliyev, has
appointed his wife as first Vice-President of the
country. The
official Azerbaijan government website reported on Tuesday, ‘‘Mehriban
Aliyeva has been appointed First Vice-President of
the Republic of Azerbaijan by President Ilham
Aliyev’s order.’‘
President Aliyev introduced his wife in her new
capacity at a meeting of the Azerbaijani Security
Council today. She was the only woman in the
meeting.
The move is widely seen as part of efforts by
Aliyev to tighten his grip on power in the Asian
country. He has ruled the country for the past four
years after the death of his father.
The position of the Vice-President was created in
September 2016 after a referendum vote which
also extended the presidential term from five to
seven years.
The new Vice president is a medical doctor by training. She is also
a Member of Parliament (MP). She was trained in
the Azerbaijan State Medical Institute and went on
to study in Moscow State Medical Institute.
According to the government website, Mehriban
has been member of the New Azerbaijan Party’s
Political Board since 2004.
She currently leads the Heydar Aliyev Foundation
which was founded to study the rich legacy of
nationwide leader of Azerbaijan and transmit the
national Statehood ideas forged by Heydar Aliyev
to new generations.

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