Baku, Azerbaijan, March 29
Trend:
Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev signed a decree March 29 appointing Sahir Mammadkhanov the country's first deputy minister of taxes.
Previously, Mammadkhanov served as deputy minister of taxes. He supervised the main department for tax policy and strategic studies, the main legal department, the financial and business department, the human resources department and the accounting department.
Position of first deputy minister of taxes of Azerbaijan was vacant after Natig Amirov was appointed the presidential aide for economic reforms.
Ilkin Valiyev was named the new deputy minister of taxes upon another presidential decree.
Earlier, Valiyev served as the head of the main department for tax risks analysis and control.