Chairman of the commission

Artur Rasi-zadeh - prime minister of Azerbaijan Republic

Members of the commission

Elchin Afandiyev - deputy prime minister of Azerbaijan Republic, people’s writer

Mahmud Karimov - president of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, real member of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences

Abulfaz Garayev - Minister of culture and Tourism of Azerbaijan Republic

Misir Mardanov - Minister of Education of Azerbaijan Republic

Abbas Alaskarov - chairman of State Town building and Architecture Committee of Azerbaijan Republic

Arif Mehdiyev - chairman of Higher Attestation Commission under President of AR, real member of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences

- Ismail Sadigov - head of the department of science, culture, national education and social problems of the Cabinet of Ministers;

- Akif Alizadeh - Vice-President of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, real member of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences;

- Naila Velikhanli - Vice-President of Azerbaijani National Academy of Sciences, real member of Azerbaijani National Academy of Sciences;

- Omar Eldarov - rector of Azerbaijani Art Academy, member of Azerbaijani National Academy of Sciences, the Heydar Aliyev prize laureate, the USSR Laureate and Azerbaijan's State Prize Laureate;

- Abel Maharramov, rector of Baku State University, real member of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences;

- Ahliman Amiraslanov - rector of Azerbaijan State Medical University, member of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, the USSR's State Prize Laureate;

- Siyavush Kerimi - rector of the Azerbaijan National Conservatory, People's Artist;

- Isa Habibbeyli - rector of Nakhchivan State University, member of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences;

- Agshin Alizadeh - secretary of Azerbaijani Composers' Union, People's Artist, Azerbaijan's State Prize laureate;

- Chingiz Abdullayev - secretary of the Writers' Union of Azerbaijan, People's writer;

- Toghrul Narimanbeyov - People's painter, USSR and Azerbaijan's State Prizes laureate;

- Arif Melikov - correspondent member of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, People's Artist, and winner of the prize named after Heydar Aliyev, Azerbaijan's State Prize laureate;

- Shafiga Mammadova - People's Artist, the USSR and Azerbaijan's State Prize laureate;

- Movlud Suleymanli - People's writer.

Azerbaijani Cabinet of Ministers has been instructed to prepare sketches of diplomas and honorary badges to the state prizes winners together with the Commission on State Prizes in science, culture and literature and submit them to Azerbaijani President within two months. The Cabinet has also been instructed to solve issues related to the organization of the Commission's activity.