Guided by paragraph 32 of Article the 109 of the Constitution of the Republic of Azerbaijan,
I resolve:
1. To confirm the next new composition of the Commission of State Prizes of the Republic of Azerbaijan for Science, Technology, Architecture, Culture and Literature:
Chairman of the Commission
Novruz Mammadov - Prime Minister of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Members of the Commission
Ali Ahmadov - Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Akif Alizadeh - President of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences
Abulfaz Garayev - Minister of Culture of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Ogtay Shiraliyev - Minister of Health of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Jeyhun Bayramov - Minister of Education of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Samir Nuriyev - Chairman of the State Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan
On urban planning and architecture
Ibrahim Guliyev - Vice-President of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences
Isa Habibbeyli - Vice-President of the National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan
Ismail Hajiyev - Chairman of the Nakhchivan Division of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences
Ahliman Amiraslanov - Academic Secretary of the Department of Biological and Medical Sciences
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences
Omar Eldarov - Rector of the Azerbaijan Academy of Arts
Abel Maharramov - Rector of Baku State University
Siyavush Kerimi - Rector of the Azerbaijan National Conservatory
Chingiz Abdullayev - Secretary of the Writers' Union of Azerbaijan
Jalal Abbasov - Secretary of the Azerbaijan Composers' Union
Altai Hajiyev - People's Artist
Arif Melikov - People's Artist
Shafiga Mammadova - Chairman of the Union of Cinematographers of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Elbai Gasimzadeh - Chairman of the Board of the Union of Architects of Azerbaijan
Movlud Suleymanli - People's Writer
Maharram Gasimli - Chairman of the Ashugs Association of Azerbaijan
2. To abolish part 1 of the Decree of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan "On the Approval of the New Composition of the Commission of State Prizes of the Republic of Azerbaijan on Science, Technology, Architecture, Culture and Literature" of March 28, 2016 No. 854 (Collected Legislation of Azerbaijan Republic, 2016, No. 3, Article 475 ).
3. The Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Azerbaijan shall resolve issues arising from this Decree.
Ilham Aliyev, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Baku, April 27, 2018.