First Deputy Prime Minister of Azerbaijan

The First Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Azerbaijan () is a government post of the Cabinet of Ministers of Azerbaijan. In the absence of the Prime Minister of Azerbaijan, the first deputy performs his or her duties as the acting prime minister. In 1991, the post was grandfathered from the already existing first deputy chairman that was part of the Council of Ministers of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic. In an absence of the first deputy, his or her functions are performed by multiple other deputy prime ministers who are members of the government. The current First Deputy Prime Minister is Yagub Eyyubov, serving since 13 February 2003.

List +NameStart dateExpiration datePresidentFiruz MustafayevMay 22, 1991May 18, 1992 Ayaz MutallibovArtur RasizadeMay 22, 1991May 16, 1992Ayaz Mutallibov Abulfaz Elchibey Heydar Aliyev May 3, 1996 November 26, 1996August 4, 2003 October 31, 2003Rahim HuseynovMay 4, 1992 May 16, 1992Ayaz MutallibovVahid AhmadovMay 16, 1992January 6, 1994Ayaz Mutallibov Abulfaz Elchibey Heydar Aliyev Ziyad SamadzadehMay 18, 1992November 19, 1992Ayaz Mutallibov Abulfaz ElchibeyAbbas AbbasovMay 18, 1992April 28, 1993Abulfaz ElchibeySeptember 16, 1994May 19, 2006 Heydar Aliyev Ilham AliyevAli MasimliNovember 19, 1992September 2, 1993Abulfaz Elchibey Heydar Aliyev Fuad GuliyevMarch 5, 1994 May 2, 1995Heydar Aliyev Yagub Eyyubov13 February 2003PresentHeydar Aliyev

Ilham Aliyev

See also

First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia First Deputy Prime Minister of Belarus Deputy Prime Minister of Georgia First Deputy Prime Minister of Armenia Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey

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