On September 15, 2016, the Cabinet of Ministers passed an order number 346 entitled “On the Confirmation of the New Composition of the Statistics Board functioning under the State Statistics Committee of the Azerbaijan Republic” in order to announce the composition of a new board, as the previous board’s term had expired. According to the new order, Professor Hamlet Isaxanli, the founder of Khazar University and Chairman of its Board of Directors and Trustees, was appointed as a member of the Board.