Azeri leader appoints first lady as vice-president

‘Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has appointed his socialite wife Mehriban Aliyeva as the vice-president of the oil-rich Caspian Sea country.
Mehriban Aliyeva “is appointed the first vice-president of the Republic of Azerbaijan,” the president said in a Tuesday decree on his website.
Aliyeva, 52, has been a ruling Yeni Azerbaijan party legislator since 2005 and heads the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, an influential charity organization.
The appointment comes following constitutional changes made after a tightly-managed referendum in 2016 which, among other things, introduced the influential position of first vice-president.’
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