The current structure of ANAS was abolished, the Ministry of Science and Education was established
Institutions within ANAS were divided between two ministries
Education The Ministry of Science and Education It will be called the Ministry.
President Ilham Aliyev on July 28 regarding this decree signed.
According to the decree, powers related to the implementation of state policy and regulation in the field of science, coordination and direction of the scientific activities of scientific institutions and organizations National It is taken from the Academy of Sciences and entrusted to the ministry.
At the same time, under the Ministry of Science and Ali State Agency for Education, Preschool and General Education State Agency for
In the decree, the Historical Museum of ANAS, named after Nizami Ganjavi National Azerbaijan Museum of Literature and Hussein Javid’s House Museum, together with its properties, is indicated to be placed under the Ministry of Culture.
The other of the president decreewith Physics, Mathematics and Mechanics, Management Systems, Radiation Problems, Information Technologies, Biophysics, Oil-Chemical Processes named after Academician Yusif Mammadaliyev and other institutes of the academy, including the Botanical Garden, economic scientific service institutions, Experimental-Industrial Plant, “Kybernetics” Scientific Production Union, “Nafta” Scientific Production Union, “Ashsnow“Scientific Production Union, “Composite” Scientific Production Union is subordinated to the Ministry of Science and Education.
Azerbaijan The Academy of Sciences was established in 1945 by the decision of the Soviet of People’s Commissars of the USSR. At that time, the academy had 4 divisions, 16 scientific-research institutes, scientific-research department, 3 museums, central scientific library, Nakhchivan, Ganjahad scientific bases in Khankendi and Guba.
Mir Asadulla Mirgasimov was elected the first president of ANAS.
Currently the president of the academy Arif Hashimov. Before that, to ANAS President Former head of the administration Ramiz Mehdiyev was leading. After being removed from PA management in 2019, to ANAS the president appointed Ramiz Mehdiyev He resigned in February of this year.
According to Ramiz Mehdiyev, who was constantly represented in the government and criticized by people close to him after losing the post of PA head, ANAS was also targeted. Rumors around the science center subsided after the resignation of Ramiz Mehdiyev, but it has become the topic of the agenda again since last week. So, the government media AzTV Prepared critical material about ANAS, and it in social networks created discussions. Both institutions accuse each other did. AzTVAmong the critics who say that it mainly prepares commissioned materials, ANAS soon cancellation there were those who said it could be.