Aziz Seyidov

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|office = Justice of the Supreme Court of Azerbaijan

|appointer = National Assembly (Azerbaijan)

|term_start = 25 April 2017

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| term_start2 = 2007

| term_end2 = 2017

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|birth_place = Ganja, Azerbaijan

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Aziz Jafar oglu Seyidov (Azerbaijani: Əziz Cəfər oğlu Seyidov) (born 6 October 1956) is the Justice of the Supreme Court of Azerbaijan.{{cite web |title=Supreme Court Justice profile - Aziz Seyidov |url=https://supremecourt.gov.az/en/supreme-court/judges/criminal-chamber/seyidov-aziz-jafar |website=supremecourt.gov.az |publisher=Supreme Court of the Republic of Azerbaijan |access-date=20 March 2024}} He took office on 25 April 2017.{{cite web |title=Aziz Seyidov elected Judge to Supreme Court |url=https://report.az/en/domestic-politics/aziz-seyidov-elected-judge-to-supreme-court/ |website=report.az |date=21 June 2020 |access-date=20 March 2024}}

He previously served as a Chief State Prosecutor of Baku from 2007 until 2017.{{cite web |title=Aziz Seyidov reappointed as Prosecutor of Baku |url=https://en.apa.az/news/170089 |website=apa.az |publisher=Azerbaijani Press Agency |access-date=20 March 2024}}{{cite web | url=http://en.apa.az/news/170089 | title=Aziz Seyidov reappointed as Prosecutor of Baku | work=Apa.az | date=20 April 2012 | access-date=1 June 2016}}

Early life

Aziz Seyidov was born in Ganja, Azerbaijan on 6 October 1956. He finished school in his hometown. After serving in the army, he enrolled in and graduated from Baku State University Law School in 1983 and began work at Nizami raion of Baku city's Prosecutor's Office where he served as an Investigator, Chief Investigator and then as a Chief Investigator of the special cases division of the Prosecutor's Office.

Career

After working in the Nizami Prosecutor's Office and then in the special cases division of Azerbaijan's Prosecutor General's office, Aziz Seyidov transferred to a Military Prosecution Service and between 1993 and 2001 served in various departments of the service as a Military Prosecutor.{{cite web | url=https://supremecourt.gov.az/en/supreme-court/judges/criminal-chamber/seyidov-aziz-jafar | title=Aziz Seyidov }} In 2001, he returned to the State Prosecution Service as a Head of the Department for Supervision over the Execution of Laws of Azerbaijan's Prosecutor General's office. Aziz Seyidov has been the chief prosecutor of Baku, the capital city of Azerbaijan since 2007. He was reappointed to another five-year term in this position in 2012.{{cite web | url=http://en.apa.az/news/170089 | title=Aziz Seyidov reappointed as Prosecutor of Baku | work=Apa.az | date=20 April 2012 | access-date=1 June 2016}}

= Supreme Court =

On 25 April 2017, Aziz Seyidov was elected as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Azerbaijan at a plenary session of National Assembly (Azerbaijan) (Azerbaijani: Milli Məclis).{{cite web |title=Aziz Seyidov elected Judge to Supreme Court |url=https://report.az/en/domestic-politics/aziz-seyidov-elected-judge-to-supreme-court/ |website=report.az |date=21 June 2020 |access-date=20 March 2024}}

Personal life

He is married. Has four children.

Awards

For Heroism Medal - 1998
Azerbaijani Flag Order - awarded on 27 September 2008 by the order of President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev.{{cite web |title=DECREE OF THE PRESIDENT OF AZERBAIJAN No 3068 |url=https://e-qanun.az/framework/15464 |website=e-qanun.az |publisher=Electronic database of legal acts and decrees of Republic of Azerbaijan |access-date=27 September 2008}}
Taraggi Medal - awarded on 11 February 2023 by the order of President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev.{{cite web |title=DECREE OF THE PRESIDENT OF AZERBAIJAN No 3750 |url=https://e-qanun.az/framework/53505 |website=e-qanun.az |publisher=Electronic database of legal acts and decrees of Republic of Azerbaijan |access-date=11 February 2023}}