By the order of Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev, Deputies Justice Ministers, Toghrul Musayev and Vilayyat Zakhirov have been awarded with the Honorary Title of State Counsellor of Justice of the Second Rank, Trend reports. By the very Presidential order, Nazim Alakbarov, Deputy Justice Minister and Chief of the Penitentiary Service was awarded by the Military Rank of Mayor-General of Justice, and Azer Jaffarov, Chief of the Central Department for Organization and Control of the Justice Ministry, was awarded with the Honorary Title of State Counsellor of Justice of the Third Rank.
For his services in the field of health care, Rafail Mekhtiyev, Chief of the Central Medical department of the Justice Ministry was awarded with the Title of Honoured Physician.
For their many years of service in the judicial bodies and exemplary fulfillment of judge's duties, as well as for their great services in the development of Azerbaijan's legislation, Judges of the Azerbaijan Supreme Court, Muzaffar Aghazadeh, Vidadi Hashimov, Ogtay Magsoudov, as well as Judge of the Azerbaijan Court of Appeal, Rahman Mirzoyev, Chairman of the Supreme Court of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan, Ramiz Suleymanov, and Chief of the Central Legislative Department of the Justice Ministry, Dilara Rahimova were awarded with the Title of Honoured Lawyer.