BAKU (AA) - Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has approved a new cabinet line on Wednesday submitted after Artur Rasizade's prime ministry confirmed by the national assembly.
Rasizade has kept his previous cabinet to a large extent. However, Defense Minister Sefer Ebiyev and Labor and Social Security Minister Fuzuli Elekberov have lost their seats. Commander Zakir Hasanov and Selim Muslumov have been appointed as defence and labor minister respectively.
Number of deputies of PM is increased and Yagub Eyyubov, Abid Serifov, Elcin Efendiyev, Ali Hasanov, Ismet Abbasov and Ali Ahmedov have been appointed to that position.
Ilham Aliyev was re-elected in the elections on October 9, winning 84.54 % of votes.
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