VOL. XLIV

No. 18

30-April-2001

CASPIAN

Azerbaijan Creates Fuel And Energy Ministry

Azerbaijani President Haydar Aliyev signed a decree on 19 April establishing a Ministry of Fuel and Energy and appointing Medzhid Karimov of the State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic (Socar) to the post of minister. The new ministry will have responsibility for supervising the countrys three energy companies, Socar, Azergas, the state-owned gas company, and Azerenergy, the state-owned electricity authority....