Baku:Azerbaijan’s State Statistical Committee (SSC) has undergone significant structural and personnel changes. The SSC has abolished several departments, including Coordination of Statistical Activities and Strategic Planning, Quality Management and Metadata, Trade Statistics, Service Statistics, Population Statistics, and Social Statistics.
According to Azeri-Press news agency, new departments have been established under the committee’s updated structure. These include the Departments of Register of Statistical Units and Methodology, Statistical Quality Assurance, Strategic Development, Domestic Trade and Service Statistics, International Trade Statistics, and Demography and Social Statistics.
As part of these structural changes, several key appointments have been made. Elchin Haji, formerly the Head of the Social Statistics Department, is now the Head of the Register of Statistical Units and Methodology Department. Aida Ibrahimova, who previously led the Trade Statistics Department, has been appointed Head of the Domestic Trade and Service Statistics Department. Toghrul Ajalov, the former Head of Coordination of Statistical Activities and Strategic Planning, will now head the International Trade Statistics Department, while Rza Allahverdiyev, previously in charge of the Population Statistics Department, has been appointed Head of the Demography and Social Statistics Department.
Additionally, Ibrahim Ibrahimov, an Adviser to the Chairman of the State Statistical Committee, has been assigned the duties of Head of the Information Technologies Department.