The Office of the President of Azerbaijan () is the executive administration of President of Azerbaijan. The office is in charge of fulfilling the constitutional responsibilities of the President. The headquarters of office is located on Istiglaliyyat Street of the capital city, Baku.

History The Office of the President of Azerbaijan was established on 18 May 1990. The administration is located in a twelve-story building with surface made of marble and granite. The construction of the building, initiated by the First Secretary of Communist Party of Azerbaijan SSR Heydar Aliyev and supervised by project manager Fuad Orujov and architects Tahir Allahverdiyev and Madat Khalafov, was started in 1978 and completed in 1986. It was then occupied by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Azerbaijan. After 18 May 1990, the building was assigned to the President of Azerbaijan and his administration and it was renamed the Presidential Palace in 2003.

Structure The Office of the Head of the Presidential Administration of Azerbaijan was headed by Ramiz Mehdiyev, and currently is headed by Samir Nuriyev. The structure of the office is as follows:The structure of the Office of Azerbaijan President

Assistants to the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Secretariat of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Secretariat of the First Vice-President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Assistant to the President - Head of the Department of State Control Affairs Assistant to the President - Head of the Department for Territorial and Organizational Issues Assistant to the President - Head of the Department of Military Affairs Assistant to the President - Head of the Department for Work with Law Enforcement Bodies Assistant to the President - Head of the Department of Foreign Affairs Assistant to the President - Head of the Department of Economic Issues and Innovative Development Policy Assistant to the President - Head of the Department of Economic Policy and Industrial Issues Press Secretary of the President Protocol Service of the President Department of Civil Service and Human Resources Issues Department of Youth Policy and Sport Issues Department of Humanitarian Policy, Diaspora, Multiculturalism and Religious Issues Department of Legal Expertise Department of Legislation and Legal Policy Department for Work and Communication with NGOs Department for Relations with Political Parties and Legislative Authority Department for Work with Documents Department for Work with Citizens' Inquiries Administrative Department

List of Heads No.LeaderStart dateExpiration datePolitical partyHeads of the Office of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan (1990–1991) 1Mikayil NazarovSeptember 12, 1990November 25, 1991 Communist Party of AzerbaijanIndependentHeads of the Executive Office of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan (1995–2009)1Ramiz MehdiyevFebruary 7, 1995 April 2, 2009New Azerbaijan PartyHeads of the Administration of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan (since 2010)1Ramiz MehdiyevApril 2, 2009October 23, 2019New Azerbaijan Party2Samir NuriyevNovember 1, 2019CurrentlyIndependent

See also

Government of Azerbaijan Cabinet of Azerbaijan National Assembly of Azerbaijan

References

External links Presidential apparatus on map of Baku, Azerbaijan