The Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Azerbaijan () is the highest executive body of Azerbaijan, the executive and governing body over the ministries and other central executive bodies under the president of the Republic of Azerbaijan. According to Article 119 of the Constitution of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Cabinet of Ministers is responsible for preparing and submitting the draft state budget to the President, as well as ensuring its execution. It is also tasked with implementing the country's financial, credit, and monetary policies, along with carrying out state economic and social allowance programs. Additionally, the Cabinet supervises ministries and other central executive authorities, holding the power to annul their acts if necessary.
Chiefs of State
|President |İlham Aliyev |New Azerbaijan Party (YAP) |15 October 2003 |- |Vice President |Mehriban Aliyeva |New Azerbaijan Party (YAP) |21 February 2017 |} The head of state and head of government are separate from the country's law-making body. The President is the head of the state and head of the executive branch. The people elect the president; the President appoints the Vice President, and the Prime Minister is nominated by the President and confirmed by the National Assembly of Azerbaijan. The President appoints all cabinet-level government administrators (ministers, heads of other central and local executive bodies) and has the competence to chair meetings of the Cabinet. President also has the competence to cancel the orders and resolutions of the Cabinet. In the 2009 Referendum, the Constitution of Azerbaijan was amended, abolishing any term limit for the office of President.Elections in Azerbaijan; embarrassment for the West , EastWeek, November 2010
Cabinet members The Cabinet of Ministers is composed of the prime minister, their deputies, ministers, and heads of other central bodies of executive power. The Cabinet resigns when a newly elected president takes their rights and begins carrying out their powers. As a rule, the prime minister chairs the meetings of the Cabinet. OfficeIncumbentImageSinceAgePartyPrime MinisterAli Asadov8 October 2019New Azerbaijan PartyFirst Deputy Prime MinisterYaqub Eyyubov13 February 2003New Azerbaijan PartyDeputy Prime MinisterSamir Sharifov10 January 2025New Azerbaijan PartyDeputy Prime MinisterShahin Mustafayev22 October 2019New Azerbaijan PartyMinister of AgricultureMajnun Mammadov14 April 2023IndependentMinister of CultureAdil Karimli 14 April 2023IndependentMinister of DefenseZakir Hasanov22 October 2013IndependentMinister of Defense IndustryMadat Guliyev20 June 2019IndependentMinister of Ecology and Natural ResourcesMukhtar Babayev23 April 2018New Azerbaijan PartyMinister of EconomyMikayil Jabbarov23 October 2019IndependentMinister of Science and EducationEmin Amrullayev27 July 2020IndependentMinister of Emergency SituationsKamaladdin Heydarov6 February 2006IndependentMinister of EnergyParviz Shahbazov12 October 2017IndependentMinister of FinanceSamir Sharifov18 April 2006IndependentMinister of Foreign AffairsJeyhun Bayramov16 July 2020IndependentMinister of HealthcareTeymur Musayev19 January 2022IndependentMinister of Internal AffairsVilayet Eyvazov20 June 2019IndependentMinister of JusticeFikrat Mammadov19 April 2000IndependentMinister of Labour and Social Protection of PopulationSahil Babayev21 April 2018New Azerbaijan PartyMinister of Digital Development and TransportRashad Nabiyev25 January 2021IndependentMinister of Youth and SportsFarid Gayibov9 September 2021IndependentChair of State Committee for City Building and ArchitectureAnar Guliyev 8 January 2020IndependentChair of State Committee for Family, Women and Children AffairsBahar Muradova12 March 2020New Azerbaijan PartyChair of State Committee for Refugees and IDPsRovshan Rzayev21 April 2018IndependentChair of State Committee on Work with DiasporaFuad Muradov23 April 2018IndependentChair of State Committee for Work with Religious OrganizationsMubariz Gurbanli21 July 2014New Azerbaijan PartyChair of State Customs CommitteeSafar Mehdiyev23 April 2018IndependentChair of State Statistics CommitteeTahir Budagov13 August 2015New Azerbaijan PartyChief of Foreign Intelligence ServiceOrkhan Sultanov14 December 2015IndependentChief of State Border ServiceElchin Guliyev31 July 2002IndependentChief of State Migration ServiceVusal Huseynov 23 April 2018New Azerbaijan PartyChief of State Security ServiceAli Naghiyev20 June 2019IndependentChief of State Service for Mobilization and ConscriptionMürsal Ibrahimov14 April 2023IndependentChair of State Food Safety AgencyGoshgar Tahmazli25 December 2017IndependentChair of State Tourism AgencyFuad Naghiyev23 April 2018Independent
Procedure for appointment The President appoints the prime minister with the consent of the National Assembly. The proposed candidate for the post of prime minister is submitted for consideration to the Assembly by the President not later than one month from the day when the President begins carrying out their powers, or not later than two weeks from the day of the resignation of the Cabinet. The Assembly adopts a resolution concerning the candidate to the post of prime minister not later than within one week from the day when such candidacy has been proposed. Should this procedure be violated, or candidatures proposed by the President for the post of prime minister be rejected three times, then the President may appoint a prime minister without consent of the Assembly.
List of cabinets
First cabinet of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic Second cabinet of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic Third cabinet of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic
Fourth cabinet of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic
Fifth cabinet of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic 8th Government of Azerbaijan
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See also President of Azerbaijan Vice President of Azerbaijan Prime Minister of Azerbaijan Cabinets of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic in 1918–1920 First cabinet of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic List of national legislatures List of national leaders
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