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EXECUTIVE ORDER OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF AZERBAIJAN
ON SETTING UP OF THE STATE COMMISSION ON ORGANIZING THE FUNERAL OF THE EX-PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF AZERBAIJAN HEYDAR ALIRZA OGLU ALIYEV
1. To announce a 7-day nationwide mourning in the Republic of Azerbaijan. During the mourning days, the state flags of Azerbaijan should be lowered, conducting concerts and entertainments are suspended.
2. Funeral ceremony of Heydar Aliyev is organized on 15 December 2003 in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan Republic, at the Cemetery of Honors.
3. To set up a State Commission for organizing the funeral of Heydar Aliyev in the following composition:
Chair of the State Commission
Ilham Aliyev President of Azerbaijan Republic
Members of State Commission
Murtuz Alaskarov Chairman of the Milli Majlis of Azerbaijan Republic
Artur Rasizadeh Prime Minister of Azerbaijan Republic
Ramiz Mehdiyev Head of the President Administration
Farhad Abdullayev Chairman of the Constitutional Court of Azerbaijan Republic
Vilayat Guliyev Foreign minister of Azerbaijan Republic
Safar Abiyev Defense minister of Azerbaijan Republic
Namig Abbasov Minister of security of Azerbaijan Republic
Ramil Usubov Internal Minister of Azerbaijan Republic
Zakir Garalov Prosecutor General of Azerbaijan Republic
Allahshukur Pashazadeh Head of the Clerical Office of Caucasus Moslems
Mahmud Karimov President of the National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan Republic
Hajibala Abutalibov Mayor of Baku
Anar Rzayev Chairman of the Writers’ Union of Azerbaijan
Ilham Aliyev,
President of Azerbaijan Republic
City of Baku, 13 December 2003