Madat Guliyev dismisses Head of Apparatus and appoints new one

Head of Apparatus of the Ministry of Defense Industry Uzeyir Ismayilov has been dismissed from his post.

Report informs that Defense Industry Minister Madat Guliyev signed an appropriate order in this regard.

By another decree, Zaur Aliyev has been appointed Head of the Apparatus of the Ministry of Defense Industry. He previously worked in another state body.

Moreover, the position of the Head of the Department of Accounting and Financing is still vacant. Head of that department, Huseyn Zeynalov, was dismissed a while ago.

Notably, by the decree of President Ilham Aliyev dated June 20, 2019, Colonel-General Madat Guliyev was relieved from his post as Chief of the State Security Service and appointed Minister of Defense Industry.

The Ministry of Defense Industry was established in 2005. Defense Industry Minister Yaver Jamalov died at the age of 68 after a long illness on June 23, 2018. In the past year, the Minister of Defense Industry was executed by Deputy Minister Yahya Musayev.