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By Akbar Mammadov

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev signed a decree on 16 March to abolish the Special State Security Service, the official website of the president reported.

Under the decree, three new state agencies have been established on the basis of the abolished Special State Security Service of Azerbaijan: the Security Service of President, State Service of Special Communication and Information Security and State Agency for Security of Strategic Objects.

Baylar Eyyubov has been appointed the head of the Security Service of President. Earlier, Eyyubov was the head of the Special State Security Service.

Under the presidential decree, Security Service of President, State Service of Special Communication and Information Security, and State Agency for Security of Strategic Objects must submit relevant projects of regulations, structures and senior officer positions’ lists, as well as their proposals on the number of military servants and employees to President of Azerbaijan in two months.

Until their regulations are approved, these newly-set up agencies must ensure to implement tasks shown in the relevant parts of “Regulations on the Special State Security Service of the Republic of Azerbaijan” approved by presidential decree dated December 26, 2012.

Moreover, the Cabinet of Ministers must submit the draft law "On the status of the National Guard of the Republic of Azerbaijan" to the president within two months.

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