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Azerbaijan drafts new Civil Service Code, plans to repeal 6 laws

16 October 2026 11:41 (UTC +04:00)

A draft Civil Service Code has been prepared, APA reports.

The draft was submitted for discussion at today's meeting of the Milli Majlis.

The draft Civil Service Code consists of 15 chapters and 94 articles. Six laws will be repealed from the date the Civil Service Code enters into force. These laws are as follows:

- Law "On Civil Service";

- Law "On Reduced Working Hours for Certain Categories of Civil Servants";

- Law "On Approval of the Regulations on the Civil Service Management Council of the Republic of Azerbaijan";

- Law "On Establishing Local Coefficients for the Position Salaries of Civil Servants";

- Law "On Establishing an Increased Coefficient for the Position Salaries of Civil Servants in State Bodies Where Service Conditions Are Dangerous to Life and Health or Particularly Difficult";

- Law "On Rules of Ethical Conduct of Civil Servants".

Other normative legal acts of the Republic of Azerbaijan will apply to the extent that they do not contradict the Civil Service Code until they are brought into compliance with it.

Persons who, under the Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan "On Civil Service" in force before the Civil Service Code enters into effect, hold a valid "Civil Service Certificate" confirming that they have passed the test examination for an administrative position in accordance with the classification of administrative and auxiliary positions will have the right to participate in interviews under this Code during the validity period of their certificates.

This Code will regulate the general rules and conditions of service in state bodies, as well as relations concerning the legal status of civil servants serving in the civilian branch of the civil service.

Service in the special category of civil service will be regulated by other laws of the Republic of Azerbaijan, taking into account the provisions of this Code concerning the right of citizens of the Republic of Azerbaijan to be appointed to civil service positions, appointment to civil service positions on the basis of competition and transparency, evaluation of the performance of civil servants, and other principles of civil service, as well as the personal files of civil servants.

Unless otherwise provided for in this Code, it will not apply to the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the First Vice-President and Vice-Presidents of the Republic of Azerbaijan, MPs of the Milli Majlis, the Prime Minister and his deputies, judges of the courts of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Commissioner for Human Rights (Ombudsman) of the Republic of Azerbaijan, heads of central executive authorities of the Republic of Azerbaijan and their deputies, the Chairman, Deputy Chairmen, Secretaries and members of the Central Election Commission, the Chairman, Deputy Chairman and auditors of the Chamber of Accounts of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Higher Attestation Commission, the Chairman and other members of the Media and Broadcasting Council of the Republic of Azerbaijan, heads of local executive authorities, deputies of the Supreme Assembly of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, the Prime Minister of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic and his deputies, the Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan in the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic and his deputies, heads of central executive authorities of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic and their MPs, the Chairman, Deputy Chairmen, Secretary and members of the Central Election Commission of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, the Head of the Permanent Representation of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic in Baku, as well as military personnel.

This Code will not apply to employees of subordinate institutions that are not part of the structure of state bodies. The employment relations of these employees are regulated by the Labor Code.

The draft law was put to a vote and adopted in the third reading.