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Milli Mejlis lifts restrictions on Ombudsman's terms

26 May 2009 [13:18] - TODAY.AZ
Milli Majlis adopted changes to the constitutional law of the Republic of Azerbaijan on the Commissioner for Human Rights (Ombudsman).
102 deputies voted for the amendments and 8 against.

Thus were lifted restrictions on the election of a person as an ombudsman for not more than once.

In Azerbaijan, according to the Constitution, the Ombudsman shall be elected for a term of seven years. Currently, Azerbaijan's Ombudsman is Elmira Suleymanova, whose term expires in June this year.

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