Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has appointed his wife as first vice president, a newly created post that puts her first in line to take over if he dies or is incapacitated.
RFE/RL: Aliyev appoints wife as first vice president of Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev (R) poses beside first lady Mehriban Aliyeva after she was awarded with the Legion d'Honneur medal from the hands of French President Nicolas Sarkozy in Baku in Baku on October 7, 2011.
