Power Engineers` Day was celebrated in Azerbaijan

On the occasion of Power Engineers` Day, the chief officials and employees of the Ministry of Energy, “Azerenergy” OJSC, “Azerishig” OJSC visited the grave of the national leader Heydar Aliyev and laid a wreath at the monument at the Alley of Honors.

40 years ago, on October 20, 1981, on the initiative and under the leadership of the Great Leader Heydar Aliyev, a new stage in the development of Azerbaijani energy was laid, with the commissioning of the first power unit of the "Azerbaijan" TPP.  By the Order of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Mr. Ilham Aliyev, No. 446 dated October 13, 2004, that date was established in our country as the "Power Engineers` Day". For 17 years, Azerbaijani power engineers have been celebrating October 20 as their professional holiday.