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Welcome to Azerbaijan’s House of Cards

“Mehriban Aliyeva has been appointed First Vice-President of the Republic of Azerbaijan by President Ilham Aliyev’s order.”

No, you are not tuned into the Netflix original political drama House of Cards. This, unfortunately, is real life—straight from a statement released by the office of Azerbaijan’s President earlier today, which officially appointed Azerbaijan’s First Lady as the country’s new Vice-President.

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Rupen Janbazian

Rupen Janbazian is the editor of Torontohye Monthly. He is the former editor of The Armenian Weekly and the former director of public relations of the Tufenkian Foundation. Born and raised in Toronto, he is currently based in Yerevan.

3 Comments

  1. Great article, I’m not sure how this helps or hurts Artsakh. Would it be different if a more moderate person was in charge? Is it even possible to find a more liberal and common sense leadership in that part of the world. Excluding Armenia

  2. Such a waste of talent. She chose money over power. In this country, a mistake nearly everyone makes. Money is the sarma that starts rolling apart after 10 seconds. Power is the dolma that is cooked to perfection. I cannot respect someone who doesn’t see the difference

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