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class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Security_Council" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Security_Council"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>Security Council</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Security_Council-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Symbols" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Symbols"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Symbols</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Symbols-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Symbols subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Symbols-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Standard" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a 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class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Timeline" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Timeline"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Timeline</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Timeline-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Latest_election" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Latest_election"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Latest election</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Latest_election-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown 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mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A6%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%A3%D8%B0%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86" title="رئيس أذربيجان – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="رئيس أذربيجان" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidente_d%27Azerbaix%C3%A1n" title="Presidente d'Azerbaixán – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Presidente d'Azerbaixán" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Az%C9%99rbaycan_Prezidenti" title="Azərbaycan Prezidenti – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Azərbaycan Prezidenti" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D8%B0%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%85%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B1_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C" title="آذربایجان جومهور باشقانی – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="آذربایجان جومهور باشقانی" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D1%8D%D0%B7%D1%96%D0%B4%D1%8D%D0%BD%D1%82_%D0%90%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0" title="Прэзідэнт Азербайджана – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Прэзідэнт Азербайджана" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D1%8D%D0%B7%D1%8B%D0%B4%D1%8D%D0%BD%D1%82_%D0%90%D0%B7%D1%8D%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%83" title="Прэзыдэнт Азэрбайджану – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Прэзыдэнт Азэрбайджану" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%90%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%BD" title="Президент на Азербайджан – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Президент на Азербайджан" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predsjednik_Azerbejd%C5%BEana" title="Predsjednik Azerbejdžana – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Predsjednik Azerbejdžana" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_de_l%27Azerbaidjan" title="President de l'Azerbaidjan – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="President de l'Azerbaidjan" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prezident_%C3%81zerb%C3%A1jd%C5%BE%C3%A1nu" title="Prezident Ázerbájdžánu – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Prezident Ázerbájdžánu" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aserbajdsjans_pr%C3%A6sident" title="Aserbajdsjans præsident – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Aserbajdsjans præsident" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pr%C3%A4sident_der_Republik_Aserbaidschan" title="Präsident der Republik Aserbaidschan – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Präsident der Republik Aserbaidschan" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aserbaid%C5%BEaani_president" title="Aserbaidžaani president – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Aserbaidžaani president" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A0%CF%81%CF%8C%CE%B5%CE%B4%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%82_%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85_%CE%91%CE%B6%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%BC%CF%80%CE%B1%CF%8A%CF%84%CE%B6%CE%AC%CE%BD" title="Πρόεδρος του Αζερμπαϊτζάν – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Πρόεδρος του Αζερμπαϊτζάν" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidente_de_Azerbaiy%C3%A1n" title="Presidente de Azerbaiyán – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Presidente de Azerbaiyán" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prezidanto_de_Azerbaj%C4%9Dano" title="Prezidanto de Azerbajĝano – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Prezidanto de Azerbajĝano" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A6%DB%8C%D8%B3%E2%80%8C%D8%AC%D9%85%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B1_%D8%AC%D9%85%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D8%A2%D8%B0%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86" title="رئیس‌جمهور جمهوری آذربایجان – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="رئیس‌جمهور جمهوری آذربایجان" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pr%C3%A9sident_de_la_r%C3%A9publique_d%27Azerba%C3%AFdjan" title="Président de la république d'Azerbaïdjan – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Président de la république d'Azerbaïdjan" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%84%EC%A0%9C%EB%A5%B4%EB%B0%94%EC%9D%B4%EC%9E%94%EC%9D%98_%EB%8C%80%ED%86%B5%EB%A0%B9" title="아제르바이잔의 대통령 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="아제르바이잔의 대통령" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B1%D5%A4%D6%80%D5%A2%D5%A5%D5%BB%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%AB_%D5%B6%D5%A1%D5%AD%D5%A1%D5%A3%D5%A1%D5%B0" title="Ադրբեջանի նախագահ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Ադրբեջանի նախագահ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predsjednik_Republike_Azerbajd%C5%BEana" title="Predsjednik Republike Azerbajdžana – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Predsjednik Republike Azerbajdžana" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it badge-Q70893996 mw-list-item" title=""><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidente_dell%27Azerbaigian" title="Presidente dell'Azerbaigian – 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data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rw mw-list-item"><a href="https://rw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abaperezida_b%E2%80%99Azeribayijani" title="Abaperezida b’Azeribayijani – Kinyarwanda" lang="rw" hreflang="rw" data-title="Abaperezida b’Azeribayijani" data-language-autonym="Ikinyarwanda" data-language-local-name="Kinyarwanda" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ikinyarwanda</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azerbaid%C5%BE%C4%81nas_prezidenti" title="Azerbaidžānas prezidenti – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Azerbaidžānas prezidenti" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a 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data-title="Ozarbayjon prezidenti" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre%C8%99edinte_al_Azerbaidjanului" title="Președinte al Azerbaidjanului – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Președinte al Azerbaidjanului" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82_%D0%90%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0" title="Президент Азербайджана – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Президент Азербайджана" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidenti_i_Azerbajxhanit" title="Presidenti i Azerbajxhanit – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Presidenti i Azerbajxhanit" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Azerbaijan" title="President of Azerbaijan – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="President of Azerbaijan" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sd mw-list-item"><a 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data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA_%D0%90%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%98%D1%9F%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0" title="Председник Азербејџана – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Председник Азербејџана" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predsjednik_Azerbejd%C5%BEana" title="Predsjednik Azerbejdžana – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Predsjednik Azerbejdžana" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / 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class="infobox-label">First holder</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ayaz_Mutallibov" title="Ayaz Mutallibov">Ayaz Mutallibov</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Deputy</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_National_Assembly_of_Azerbaijan" title="Speaker of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan">Speaker of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan</a> (1991–2002)<br /><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Azerbaijan" title="Prime Minister of Azerbaijan">Prime Minister of Azerbaijan</a> (2002–2017)<br /><a href="/wiki/Vice_President_of_Azerbaijan" title="Vice President of Azerbaijan">Vice President of Azerbaijan</a> (2017–present)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Salary</th><td class="infobox-data">180,000 AZN annually<sup id="cite_ref-malaysiandigest.com_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-malaysiandigest.com-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" 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The <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Azerbaijan" title="Constitution of Azerbaijan">Constitution</a> states that the president is the embodiment of <a href="/wiki/Executive_(government)" title="Executive (government)">executive power</a>, <a href="/wiki/Commander-in-chief" title="Commander-in-chief">commander-in-chief</a>, "representative of Azerbaijan in <a href="/wiki/Domestic_policy" title="Domestic policy">home</a> and <a href="/wiki/Foreign_policy" title="Foreign policy">foreign</a> <a href="/wiki/Policy" title="Policy">policies</a>", and "shall have the right of immunity [from prosecution]." The president rules through his executive office, the <a href="/wiki/Presidential_Administration_of_Azerbaijan" title="Presidential Administration of Azerbaijan">Presidential Administration</a>, consisting of a group of secretaries and departmental ministers. Additionally, there is a <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_Azerbaijan" title="Cabinet of Azerbaijan">Cabinet of Ministers</a> regarding economic and social policy and a Security Council regarding foreign, military, and judicial matters. </p><p>The primary workplace is the <a href="/wiki/Presidential_Administration_of_Azerbaijan" title="Presidential Administration of Azerbaijan">presidential building</a> (also known as the presidential apparatus) on <a href="/wiki/Istiglaliyyat_Street" title="Istiglaliyyat Street">Istiglaliyyat Street</a> in <a href="/wiki/Baku" title="Baku">Baku</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Ilham_Aliyev" title="Ilham Aliyev">Ilham Aliyev</a>, son of the former president, <a href="/wiki/Heydar_Aliyev" title="Heydar Aliyev">Heydar</a>, was elected the 4th and current president on 31 October 2003 after his father's resignation due to his deteriorating health. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Selection_process_and_term">Selection process and term</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Eligibility">Eligibility</h3></div> <p>Candidates for the position must be Azerbaijani citizens without age restrictions and have lived in Azerbaijan for at least 10 years.<sup id="cite_ref-info_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-info-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to the Constitution of Azerbaijan, the same person can be on the post of President an unlimited number of terms. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Election">Election</h3></div> <p>Each <a href="/wiki/Political_faction" title="Political faction">faction</a> in the <a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_(Azerbaijan)" title="National Assembly (Azerbaijan)">National Assembly</a> has the right to nominate a candidate for the presidential elections. The minimum number of signatures for a presidential candidate fielded by a political party with no parliamentary representation is 40,000, before amendments to the law.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Term_of_office">Term of office</h3></div> <p>Prior to 2009, the term of office was five years, with a maximum of two terms. A referendum in 2009 removed the limit on the number of terms, and in 2016, another referendum increased the term to seven years. According to the Azerbaijani administration, a longer term would provide for more continuity in decision-making. The <a href="/wiki/Venice_Commission" title="Venice Commission">Venice Commission</a>, of which Azerbaijan is a member, warned that this and other provisions of the referendum gave "unprecedented" authority to the president, and could severely upset the balance of power.<sup id="cite_ref-Reuters_2016_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reuters_2016-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Inauguration">Inauguration</h3></div> <p>The official inauguration ceremony of the president is not publicly held, occurring with the participation of officials of the Azerbaijan state (representatives of political parties, public organizations, military personnel, religious figures), members of the government, deputies of the National Assembly, members of the president's family, as well as foreign representatives and other invited guests. </p><p>It is held within three days after the confirmation of the elected president by the Constitutional Court, during which the president takes the following oath:<sup id="cite_ref-:0_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>"I swear, while exercising the powers of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, to observe the Constitution of the Republic of Azerbaijan, to protect the independence and territorial integrity of the state, and to serve the people with dignity."</p></blockquote> <p>Then the person elected president of Azerbaijan puts his right hand on the Koran and takes the following oath: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>"I will remain faithful to the national moral values and traditions created by the Azerbaijani people for centuries, and I will always hold them high."</p></blockquote> <p>Then the president-elect of Azerbaijan bows and kisses the Azerbaijani flag. The ceremony ends with a speech by the president-elect of Azerbaijan. The following is a list of presidential inaugurations: </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Place </th> <th>Date </th></tr> <tr> <td>National Assembly Building </td> <td>17 June 1992 <sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Heydar_Aliyev_Palace" title="Heydar Aliyev Palace">Heydar Aliyev Palace</a> </td> <td>10 October 1993 <sup id="cite_ref-:14_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:14-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>18 October 1998 <sup id="cite_ref-:14_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:14-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>31 October 2003 <sup id="cite_ref-:14_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:14-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>24 October 2008 <sup id="cite_ref-:14_11-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:14-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>National Assembly Building </td> <td>19 October 2013 <sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Powers_and_duties">Powers and duties</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Guarantor_of_the_Constitution">Guarantor of the Constitution</h3></div> <p>As the guarantor of the Constitution and the entire system of constitutional law, the president ensures that the constitutions, laws and regulations of the constituent territories of the Azerbaijan be in full compliance with the country's Constitution and federal laws. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Foreign_policy">Foreign policy</h3></div> <p>The president is invested with extensive rights to implement the state's foreign policy. The president determines <a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Azerbaijan" title="Foreign relations of Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan's position in international affairs</a> and represents the state in international relations, conducts negotiations and signs <a href="/wiki/Ratification" title="Ratification">ratification</a> documents. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Military_policy">Military policy</h3></div> <p>The president serves as the supreme commander-in-chief of the <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_Armed_Forces" title="Azerbaijani Armed Forces">Azerbaijani Armed Forces</a>. In this capacity, he has the power to declare a martial law. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Agencies_under_the_president">Agencies under the president</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Presidential_Administration">Presidential Administration</h3></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Presidential_Administration_of_Azerbaijan" title="Presidential Administration of Azerbaijan">Presidential Administration of Azerbaijan</a></div><p>The Office of the President of Azerbaijan is the executive administration of the president, and is in charge of fulfilling the constitutional responsibilities of the president.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The headquarters of office is located on <a href="/wiki/Istiglaliyyat_Street" title="Istiglaliyyat Street">Istiglaliyyat Street</a> in <a href="/wiki/Baku" title="Baku">Baku</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is currently headed by <a href="/wiki/Samir_Nuriyev" title="Samir Nuriyev">Samir Nuriyev</a>. </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Security_Council">Security Council</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Meeting_of_Security_Council_under_chairmanship_of_Ilham_Aliyev_was_held_10.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Meeting_of_Security_Council_under_chairmanship_of_Ilham_Aliyev_was_held_10.jpg/220px-Meeting_of_Security_Council_under_chairmanship_of_Ilham_Aliyev_was_held_10.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Meeting_of_Security_Council_under_chairmanship_of_Ilham_Aliyev_was_held_10.jpg/330px-Meeting_of_Security_Council_under_chairmanship_of_Ilham_Aliyev_was_held_10.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Meeting_of_Security_Council_under_chairmanship_of_Ilham_Aliyev_was_held_10.jpg/440px-Meeting_of_Security_Council_under_chairmanship_of_Ilham_Aliyev_was_held_10.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2500" data-file-height="1664" /></a><figcaption>A meeting of the security council.</figcaption></figure> <p>The Security Council (<i>Təhlükəsizlik Şurası</i>) is an advisory body to the president, established on 10 April 1997. The Security Council ensures the creation of conditions for the President to exercise his constitutional powers in the field of security. The chairman of the Security Council under the president of Azerbaijan is the president of Azerbaijan.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The following people are members of the council: </p> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"> <tbody><tr> <th>Position </th> <th>Holder </th></tr> <tr> <td>President/Chairman </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ilham_Aliyev" title="Ilham Aliyev">Ilham Aliyev</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Vice_President_of_Azerbaijan" title="Vice President of Azerbaijan">Vice President of Azerbaijan</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mehriban_Aliyeva" title="Mehriban Aliyeva">Mehriban Aliyeva</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Secretary of Security Council </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ramil_Usubov" title="Ramil Usubov">Ramil Usubov</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Azerbaijan" title="Prime Minister of Azerbaijan">Prime Minister of Azerbaijan</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ali_Asadov" title="Ali Asadov">Ali Asadov</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Chairman of the <a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_(Azerbaijan)" title="National Assembly (Azerbaijan)">National Assembly of Azerbaijan</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sahiba_Gafarova" title="Sahiba Gafarova">Sahiba Gafarova</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Head of the Presidential Administration </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Samir_Nuriyev" title="Samir Nuriyev">Samir Nuriyev</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Assistant to the President for Law Enforcement and Military Affairs </td> <td>Fuad Alasgarov </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Prosecutor_General%27s_Office_of_Azerbaijan" title="Prosecutor General's Office of Azerbaijan">Prosecutor General of Azerbaijan</a> </td> <td>Kamran Aliyev </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Internal_Affairs_(Azerbaijan)" title="Ministry of Internal Affairs (Azerbaijan)">Minister of Internal Affairs</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vilayat_Eyvazov" title="Vilayat Eyvazov">Vilayat Eyvazov</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_(Azerbaijan)" title="Ministry of Defence (Azerbaijan)">Minister of Defense</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Zakir_Hasanov" title="Zakir Hasanov">Zakir Hasanov</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Azerbaijan)" title="Minister of Foreign Affairs (Azerbaijan)">Minister of Foreign Affairs</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jeyhun_Bayramov" title="Jeyhun Bayramov">Jeyhun Bayramov</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Head of the <a href="/wiki/State_Border_Service_of_Azerbaijan" title="State Border Service of Azerbaijan">State Border Service</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Elchin_Guliyev" title="Elchin Guliyev">Elchin Guliyev</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Head of the <a href="/wiki/State_Security_Service_(Azerbaijan)" title="State Security Service (Azerbaijan)">State Security Service</a> </td> <td>Ali Nağıyev </td></tr> <tr> <td>Head of the <a href="/wiki/Foreign_Intelligence_Service_(Azerbaijan)" title="Foreign Intelligence Service (Azerbaijan)">Foreign Intelligence Service</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Orkhan_Sultanov" title="Orkhan Sultanov">Orkhan Sultanov</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Chief military advisors to the president of Azerbaijan have included <a href="/wiki/Nuraddin_Sadigov" title="Nuraddin Sadigov">Nuraddin Sadigov</a> (1993–1999), Tofig Aghahuseynov (1997–2002) and National Security Vahid Aliyev (since April 2002). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Symbols">Symbols</h2></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional center" style="max-width: 1215px;"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 180px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="200" style="width:200px;" data-durationhint="15" data-mwtitle="Fanfares_of_the_President_of_Azerbaijan.ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/48/Fanfares_of_the_President_of_Azerbaijan.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/48/Fanfares_of_the_President_of_Azerbaijan.ogg/Fanfares_of_the_President_of_Azerbaijan.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Fanfare of the president of Azerbaijan</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 180px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Az%C9%99rbaycan_Silahl%C4%B1_Q%C3%BCvv%C9%99l%C9%99ri_Ali_Ba%C5%9F_Komandan%C4%B1n%C4%B1n_bayra%C4%9F%C4%B1.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of the supreme commander-in-chief"><img alt="Flag of the supreme commander-in-chief" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Az%C9%99rbaycan_Silahl%C4%B1_Q%C3%BCvv%C9%99l%C9%99ri_Ali_Ba%C5%9F_Komandan%C4%B1n%C4%B1n_bayra%C4%9F%C4%B1.jpg/200px-Az%C9%99rbaycan_Silahl%C4%B1_Q%C3%BCvv%C9%99l%C9%99ri_Ali_Ba%C5%9F_Komandan%C4%B1n%C4%B1n_bayra%C4%9F%C4%B1.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="99" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Az%C9%99rbaycan_Silahl%C4%B1_Q%C3%BCvv%C9%99l%C9%99ri_Ali_Ba%C5%9F_Komandan%C4%B1n%C4%B1n_bayra%C4%9F%C4%B1.jpg/300px-Az%C9%99rbaycan_Silahl%C4%B1_Q%C3%BCvv%C9%99l%C9%99ri_Ali_Ba%C5%9F_Komandan%C4%B1n%C4%B1n_bayra%C4%9F%C4%B1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Az%C9%99rbaycan_Silahl%C4%B1_Q%C3%BCvv%C9%99l%C9%99ri_Ali_Ba%C5%9F_Komandan%C4%B1n%C4%B1n_bayra%C4%9F%C4%B1.jpg/400px-Az%C9%99rbaycan_Silahl%C4%B1_Q%C3%BCvv%C9%99l%C9%99ri_Ali_Ba%C5%9F_Komandan%C4%B1n%C4%B1n_bayra%C4%9F%C4%B1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1422" data-file-height="705" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Flag of the supreme commander-in-chief</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 180px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_President_of_Azerbaijan.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Standard of the president"><img alt="Standard of the president" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Flag_of_the_President_of_Azerbaijan.svg/150px-Flag_of_the_President_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Flag_of_the_President_of_Azerbaijan.svg/225px-Flag_of_the_President_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Flag_of_the_President_of_Azerbaijan.svg/300px-Flag_of_the_President_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="400" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Standard of the president</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 180px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_President_of_Azerbaijan_on_board_of_a_ship_of_the_State_Border_Service.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of the president of Azerbaijan on board a State Border Service ship"><img alt="Flag of the president of Azerbaijan on board a State Border Service ship" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_the_President_of_Azerbaijan_on_board_of_a_ship_of_the_State_Border_Service.svg/200px-Flag_of_the_President_of_Azerbaijan_on_board_of_a_ship_of_the_State_Border_Service.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_the_President_of_Azerbaijan_on_board_of_a_ship_of_the_State_Border_Service.svg/300px-Flag_of_the_President_of_Azerbaijan_on_board_of_a_ship_of_the_State_Border_Service.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_the_President_of_Azerbaijan_on_board_of_a_ship_of_the_State_Border_Service.svg/400px-Flag_of_the_President_of_Azerbaijan_on_board_of_a_ship_of_the_State_Border_Service.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="341" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Flag of the president of Azerbaijan on board a <a href="/wiki/State_Border_Service_of_Azerbaijan" title="State Border Service of Azerbaijan">State Border Service</a> ship</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 180px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_President_of_Azerbaijan_on_board_of_MES_ship.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of the president of Azerbaijan on board a Ministry of Emergency Situations ship"><img alt="Flag of the president of Azerbaijan on board a Ministry of Emergency Situations ship" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Flag_of_the_President_of_Azerbaijan_on_board_of_MES_ship.png/200px-Flag_of_the_President_of_Azerbaijan_on_board_of_MES_ship.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Flag_of_the_President_of_Azerbaijan_on_board_of_MES_ship.png/300px-Flag_of_the_President_of_Azerbaijan_on_board_of_MES_ship.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Flag_of_the_President_of_Azerbaijan_on_board_of_MES_ship.png/400px-Flag_of_the_President_of_Azerbaijan_on_board_of_MES_ship.png 2x" data-file-width="3075" data-file-height="2050" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Flag of the president of Azerbaijan on board a <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Emergency_Situations_(Azerbaijan)" title="Ministry of Emergency Situations (Azerbaijan)">Ministry of Emergency Situations</a> ship</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Standard">Standard</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Flag_of_the_president_of_Azerbaijan" title="Flag of the president of Azerbaijan">Flag of the president of Azerbaijan</a></div> <p>After the oath of office has been taken by the elected president, the standard is handed over to the president. These devices are used to display the rank of his office and are used on special occasions. The standard is a square version of the <a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Azerbaijan" title="Flag of Azerbaijan">Azerbaijani flag</a>, charged in the center with the Azerbaijani coat of arms. Golden fringe is added to the standard. Copies of the standard are used inside his office, other state agencies, and while the president is traveling in a vehicle inside Azerbaijan.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A 2:3 ratio version of the flag is used when the President is at sea. This is the most used symbol to denote the presence of the Azerbaijan president. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Military_flag">Military flag</h3></div> <p>The flag of the supreme commander-in-chief of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces was approved by the decree of President Ilham Aliyev on 11 April 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The flag of the supreme commander-in-chief is the official military symbol of the president of Azerbaijan, with the original being kept in the service room of the president located in the Presidential Palace. It resembles the army flag but with the words "Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan".<sup id="cite_ref-:2_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Badge">Badge</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Az%C9%99rbaycan_Prezidentinin_d%C3%B6%C5%9F_ni%C5%9Fan%C4%B1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Az%C9%99rbaycan_Prezidentinin_d%C3%B6%C5%9F_ni%C5%9Fan%C4%B1.jpg/220px-Az%C9%99rbaycan_Prezidentinin_d%C3%B6%C5%9F_ni%C5%9Fan%C4%B1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="295" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Az%C9%99rbaycan_Prezidentinin_d%C3%B6%C5%9F_ni%C5%9Fan%C4%B1.jpg/330px-Az%C9%99rbaycan_Prezidentinin_d%C3%B6%C5%9F_ni%C5%9Fan%C4%B1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Az%C9%99rbaycan_Prezidentinin_d%C3%B6%C5%9F_ni%C5%9Fan%C4%B1.jpg/440px-Az%C9%99rbaycan_Prezidentinin_d%C3%B6%C5%9F_ni%C5%9Fan%C4%B1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="525" data-file-height="704" /></a><figcaption>Badge of the President.</figcaption></figure> <p>The badge of the president (Prezidentinin döş nişanı) was approved by decree on September 15, 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-:12_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:12-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is in the shape of an octagonal star made of 18 carat gold, placed in a circle with a diameter. In the center is a mined image of the State Emblem of Azerbaijan, which is surrounded by two rings and 60 diamonds are lined up between the rings.<sup id="cite_ref-:13_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:13-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Residences">Residences</h2></div> <p>The main (since 2008) presidential residence is <i><a href="/wiki/Zagulba_Presidential_Residence" title="Zagulba Presidential Residence">Zagulba</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_language" title="Azerbaijani language">Azerbaijani</a>: <i lang="az">Zaqulba</i>).<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Also, the president has several part-time residences outside of Baku: </p> <ul><li>Youth Presidential Palace</li> <li>Presidential Mountain Palace in <a href="/wiki/Qabala" title="Qabala">Qabala</a></li> <li>"Freedom" Guest House</li> <li>Palace of Happiness</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulustan_Palace" title="Gulustan Palace">Gulustan Palace</a></li> <li>Presidential Library</li> <li>"Marxal" Treatment and Recreation Complex</li></ul> <p>As well as several vacation residences: </p> <ul><li><i>Novkhani</i> (<a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_language" title="Azerbaijani language">Azerbaijani</a>: <i lang="az">Novxanı</i>), <a href="/wiki/Novkhani" class="mw-redirect" title="Novkhani">Novkhani</a>, <a href="/wiki/Absheron_Rayon" class="mw-redirect" title="Absheron Rayon">Absheron Rayon</a></li> <li><i>Khoshbulaq</i> (<a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_language" title="Azerbaijani language">Azerbaijani</a>: <i lang="az">Xoşbulaq</i>), <a href="/wiki/Da%C5%9Fk%C9%99s%C9%99n" class="mw-redirect" title="Daşkəsən">Daşkəsən</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dashkasan_District" title="Dashkasan District">Dashkasan District</a></li> <li>Göy Saray in <a href="/wiki/Baku" title="Baku">Baku</a></li> <li>Vahdat Presidential Summer Palace in <a href="/wiki/Shamakhi" title="Shamakhi">Shamakhi</a></li> <li>"Ulduz" Guest House</li> <li>"Youth" Guest House</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transport_and_security">Transport and security</h2></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cars_belonged_to_Heydar_Aliyev_in_Heydar_Aliyev_Center.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Cars_belonged_to_Heydar_Aliyev_in_Heydar_Aliyev_Center.jpg/270px-Cars_belonged_to_Heydar_Aliyev_in_Heydar_Aliyev_Center.jpg" decoding="async" width="270" height="203" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Cars_belonged_to_Heydar_Aliyev_in_Heydar_Aliyev_Center.jpg/405px-Cars_belonged_to_Heydar_Aliyev_in_Heydar_Aliyev_Center.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Cars_belonged_to_Heydar_Aliyev_in_Heydar_Aliyev_Center.jpg/540px-Cars_belonged_to_Heydar_Aliyev_in_Heydar_Aliyev_Center.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption>Cars which belonged to <a href="/wiki/Heydar_Aliyev" title="Heydar Aliyev">Heydar Aliyev</a> in <a href="/wiki/Heydar_Aliyev_Center" title="Heydar Aliyev Center">Heydar Aliyev Center</a> (<a href="/wiki/GAZ-13" title="GAZ-13">GAZ-13</a>, <a href="/wiki/ZIL-41047" title="ZIL-41047">ZIL-41047</a>, 1991 <a href="/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_W140#S_600_and_AMG_models" title="Mercedes-Benz W140">W140-600</a>, <a href="/wiki/W140#History" class="mw-redirect" title="W140">1994 W140</a>-limo)</figcaption></figure><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Special_State_Protection_Service_of_Azerbaijan" title="Special State Protection Service of Azerbaijan">Special State Protection Service of Azerbaijan</a></div> <p>National transport services for the Azerbaijan president are provided by the Special Purpose Garage,<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which is a unit within the <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_National_Guard" title="Azerbaijani National Guard">Special State Protection Service</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Limousine" title="Limousine">Limousines</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Maybach_57_and_62" title="Maybach 57 and 62">Maybach 62</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_S-Class_(W221)" title="Mercedes-Benz S-Class (W221)">Mercedes-Benz W221</a></li></ul></li> <li>Honorary escort (motorcycles) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/BMW" title="BMW">BMW</a></li></ul></li> <li>Airplanes for long-distance travel</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_767" title="Boeing 767">Boeing 767-300ER</a> 4K-AI01 "Baku-1" Main aircraft</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Airbus_A320_family" title="Airbus A320 family">Airbus A319-100</a> 4K-AI02 "Baku-2"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulfstream_G550" title="Gulfstream G550">Gulfstream G550</a> 4K-AI06</li></ul> <p>The presidential aircraft uses the same colour scheme as standard <a href="/wiki/AZAL" class="mw-redirect" title="AZAL">AZAL</a> aircraft, except for the use of the <a href="/wiki/National_emblem_of_Azerbaijan" title="National emblem of Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan coat of arms</a> or the <a href="/wiki/Flag_of_the_President_of_Azerbaijan" class="mw-redirect" title="Flag of the President of Azerbaijan">Presidential Standard</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Empennage" title="Empennage">empennage</a> instead of the <a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Azerbaijan" title="Flag of Azerbaijan">flag of Azerbaijan</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Presidents_of_the_Republic_of_Azerbaijan_(1990–present)"><span id="Presidents_of_the_Republic_of_Azerbaijan_.281990.E2.80.93present.29"></span>Presidents of the Republic of Azerbaijan (1990–present)</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For leaders before independence, see <a href="/wiki/List_of_heads_of_state_of_Azerbaijan" title="List of heads of state of Azerbaijan">List of heads of state of Azerbaijan</a>.</div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2" style="width:25px;">No. </th> <th colspan="2" style="width:280px;">President<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(birth–death)</span> </th> <th colspan="3">Term of office </th> <th style="width:100px;" rowspan="2">Political party </th> <th style="width:160px;" rowspan="2">Government </th> <th rowspan="2">Elected </th> <th rowspan="2" style="width:20px;">Ref </th></tr> <tr> <th>Portrait </th> <th width="180px">Name </th> <th>Took office </th> <th>Left office </th> <th>Time in office </th></tr> <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <th rowspan="2" style="background:#D40000; color:white">1 </th> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ayaz_Mutalibov_1992.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Ayaz_Mutalibov_1992.jpg/80px-Ayaz_Mutalibov_1992.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Ayaz_Mutalibov_1992.jpg/120px-Ayaz_Mutalibov_1992.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Ayaz_Mutalibov_1992.jpg/160px-Ayaz_Mutalibov_1992.jpg 2x" data-file-width="269" data-file-height="312" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Ayaz_Mutallibov" title="Ayaz Mutallibov">Ayaz Mutallibov</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_language" title="Azerbaijani language">Azerbaijani</a>: <i lang="az">Ayaz Mütəllibov</i><br />(1938–2022)</span> </td> <td>18 May 1990 </td> <td>6 March 1992 </td> <td>1 year, 293 days </td> <td style="background:#D40000;"><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_Communist_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Azerbaijan Communist Party"><span style="color:white">Communist <br /></span></a> </td> <td><i>1.</i> Mütəllibov II </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=1990_Azerbaijani_presidential_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1990 Azerbaijani presidential election (page does not exist)">1990</a><br /><a href="/wiki/1991_Azerbaijani_presidential_election" title="1991 Azerbaijani presidential election">1991</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="6" align="left"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/First_Nagorno-Karabakh_War" title="First Nagorno-Karabakh War">First Nagorno-Karabakh War</a>; <a href="/wiki/Khojaly_Massacre" class="mw-redirect" title="Khojaly Massacre">Khojaly Massacre</a>; <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Shusha_(1992)" title="Battle of Shusha (1992)">Capture of Shusha</a>; <a href="/wiki/1991_Azerbaijani_Mil_Mi-8_shootdown" title="1991 Azerbaijani Mil Mi-8 shootdown">1991 Azerbaijani Mil Mi-8 shootdown</a>. Forced to submit his resignation after pressure from <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_Popular_Front_Party" title="Azerbaijani Popular Front Party">Azerbaijan Popular Front</a>.</span> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <th rowspan="2" style="background:#DCDCDC;">– </th> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Emblem_of_Azerbaijan.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Emblem_of_Azerbaijan.svg/80px-Emblem_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Emblem_of_Azerbaijan.svg/120px-Emblem_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Emblem_of_Azerbaijan.svg/160px-Emblem_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="403" data-file-height="444" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Yagub_Mammadov_(politician)" title="Yagub Mammadov (politician)">Yagub Mammadov</a></b> <small>(acting)</small><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_language" title="Azerbaijani language">Azerbaijani</a>: <i lang="az">Yaqub Məmmədov</i><br />(born 1941)</span> </td> <td>6 March 1992 </td> <td>14 May 1992 </td> <td>69 days </td> <td style="background:#DCDCDC;">None </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td rowspan="2"><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="6" align="left"><span style="font-size:85%;">Ousted by the armed revolt led by <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_Popular_Front_Party" title="Azerbaijani Popular Front Party">Azerbaijan Popular Front</a>.</span> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <th rowspan="2" style="background:#DCDCDC;">(1) </th> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ayaz_Mutalibov_1992.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Ayaz_Mutalibov_1992.jpg/80px-Ayaz_Mutalibov_1992.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Ayaz_Mutalibov_1992.jpg/120px-Ayaz_Mutalibov_1992.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Ayaz_Mutalibov_1992.jpg/160px-Ayaz_Mutalibov_1992.jpg 2x" data-file-width="269" data-file-height="312" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Ayaz_Mutallibov" title="Ayaz Mutallibov">Ayaz Mutallibov</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_language" title="Azerbaijani language">Azerbaijani</a>: <i lang="az">Ayaz Mütəllibov</i><br />(1938–2022)</span> </td> <td>14 May 1992 </td> <td>18 May 1992 </td> <td>4 days </td> <td style="background:#DCDCDC;">None </td> <td>Mütəllibov II </td> <td>— </td> <td rowspan="2"> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="6" align="left"><span style="font-size:85%;">Deposed from his duty after takeover by <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_Popular_Front_Party" title="Azerbaijani Popular Front Party">Azerbaijan Popular Front</a>.</span> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <th rowspan="2" style="background:#3BB9FF;">– </th> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Isa_Gambar_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Isa_Gambar_%28cropped%29.jpg/80px-Isa_Gambar_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Isa_Gambar_%28cropped%29.jpg/120px-Isa_Gambar_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Isa_Gambar_%28cropped%29.jpg/160px-Isa_Gambar_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="384" data-file-height="502" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Isa_Gambar" title="Isa Gambar">Isa Gambar</a></b> <small>(acting)</small><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_language" title="Azerbaijani language">Azerbaijani</a>: <i lang="az">İsa Qəmbər</i><br />(born 1957)</span> </td> <td>18 May 1992 </td> <td>17 June 1992 </td> <td>30 days </td> <td style="background:#3BB9FF;"><a href="/wiki/Musavat" title="Musavat"><span style="color:white">Musavat <br /></span></a> </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td rowspan="2"><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="6" align="left"><span style="font-size:85%;">Assumed temporary duties of president until the <a href="/wiki/1992_Azerbaijani_presidential_election" title="1992 Azerbaijani presidential election">national elections</a> in 1992.</span> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <th rowspan="2" style="background:#5C5858; color:white">2 </th> <td rowspan="2"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Abulfaz_Elchibey" title="Abulfaz Elchibey">Abulfaz Elchibey</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_language" title="Azerbaijani language">Azerbaijani</a>: <i lang="az">Əbülfəz Elçibəy</i><br />(1938–2000)</span> </td> <td>17 June 1992 </td> <td>24 June 1993 </td> <td>1 year, 7 days </td> <td style="background:#5C5858;"><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_Popular_Front_Party" title="Azerbaijani Popular Front Party"><span style="color:white">Azerbaijani Popular Front Party</span></a> </td> <td><i>2.</i> Elçibəy I </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1992_Azerbaijani_presidential_election" title="1992 Azerbaijani presidential election">1992</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="6" align="left"><span style="font-size:85%;">Among the Soviet republics the <a href="/wiki/Russian_army" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian army">Russian army</a> was first withdrawn from Azerbaijan</span>; <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_manat" title="Azerbaijani manat">The national currency of Azerbaijan</a> was put into circulation</span>; <span style="font-size:85%;">State Treasure Foundation was established</span>; <span style="font-size:85%;">Entrance examinations to the high and vocational educational was held with test method for the first time</span>; <span style="font-size:85%;">The foundation of private institutions in the education field was permitted</span>; <span style="font-size:85%;">The passage to the <a href="/wiki/Latin_alphabet" title="Latin alphabet">Latin alphabet</a></span>; <span style="font-size:85%;">Founded the <a href="/wiki/SOCAR" title="SOCAR">SOCAR</a></span>; <span style="font-size:85%;">Re-established <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_Armed_Forces" title="Azerbaijani Armed Forces">Azerbaijani Armed Forces</a>; <a href="/wiki/Operation_Goranboy" title="Operation Goranboy">Operation Goranboy</a>.</span> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <th>– </th> <td rowspan="3"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Heydar_Aliyev_(crop).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Heydar_Aliyev_%28crop%29.jpg/80px-Heydar_Aliyev_%28crop%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="97" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Heydar_Aliyev_%28crop%29.jpg/120px-Heydar_Aliyev_%28crop%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Heydar_Aliyev_%28crop%29.jpg/160px-Heydar_Aliyev_%28crop%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2615" data-file-height="3165" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="3"><b><a href="/wiki/Heydar_Aliyev" title="Heydar Aliyev">Heydar Aliyev</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_language" title="Azerbaijani language">Azerbaijani</a>: <i lang="az">Heydər Əliyev</i><br />(1923–2003)</span> </td> <td>24 June 1993 </td> <td>10 October 1993 </td> <td>108 days </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background:#0075C1;"><a href="/wiki/New_Azerbaijan_Party" title="New Azerbaijan Party"><span style="color:white">New Azerbaijan Party</span></a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><i>3.</i> <a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heyd%C9%99r_%C6%8Fliyev" class="extiw" title="az:Heydər Əliyev">H.Əliyev II</a> </td> <td>— </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <th rowspan="2" style="background:#0075C1; color:white">3 </th> <td>10 October 1993 </td> <td>31 October 2003 </td> <td>10 years </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1993_Azerbaijani_presidential_election" title="1993 Azerbaijani presidential election">1993</a><br /><a href="/wiki/1998_Azerbaijani_presidential_election" title="1998 Azerbaijani presidential election">1998</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="6" align="left"><span style="font-size:85%;">Founded the <a href="/wiki/New_Azerbaijan_Party" title="New Azerbaijan Party">YAP</a>; <a href="/wiki/Heydar_Aliyev%27s_cult_of_personality" title="Heydar Aliyev's cult of personality">Heydar Aliyev's cult of personality</a>; <a href="/wiki/Baku%E2%80%93Tbilisi%E2%80%93Ceyhan_pipeline" title="Baku–Tbilisi–Ceyhan pipeline">Baku–Tbilisi–Ceyhan pipeline</a>; <a href="/wiki/South_Caucasus_Pipeline" title="South Caucasus Pipeline">South Caucasus Pipeline</a>; <a href="/wiki/1994_Baku_Metro_bombings" title="1994 Baku Metro bombings">1994 Baku Metro bombings</a>. Survived <a href="/wiki/1995_Azeri_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat_attempt" class="mw-redirect" title="1995 Azeri coup d'état attempt">coup attempt</a> in 1995.</span> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <th rowspan="2" style="background:#0075C1; color:white">4 </th> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ilham_Aliyev_2022_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Ilham_Aliyev_2022_%28cropped%29.jpg/80px-Ilham_Aliyev_2022_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="115" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Ilham_Aliyev_2022_%28cropped%29.jpg/120px-Ilham_Aliyev_2022_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Ilham_Aliyev_2022_%28cropped%29.jpg/160px-Ilham_Aliyev_2022_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="712" data-file-height="1022" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Ilham_Aliyev" title="Ilham Aliyev">Ilham Aliyev</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_language" title="Azerbaijani language">Azerbaijani</a>: <i lang="az">İlham Əliyev</i><br />(born 1961)</span> </td> <td>31 October 2003 </td> <td>Incumbent </td> <td>21 years, 23 days </td> <td style="background:#0075C1;"><a href="/wiki/New_Azerbaijan_Party" title="New Azerbaijan Party"><span style="color:white">New Azerbaijan Party</span></a> </td> <td><i>6.</i> <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_Azerbaijan" title="Cabinet of Azerbaijan">İ.Əliyev I</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2003_Azerbaijani_presidential_election" title="2003 Azerbaijani presidential election">2003</a><br /><a href="/wiki/2008_Azerbaijani_presidential_election" title="2008 Azerbaijani presidential election">2008</a><br /><a href="/wiki/2013_Azerbaijani_presidential_election" title="2013 Azerbaijani presidential election">2013</a><br /><a href="/wiki/2018_Azerbaijani_presidential_election" title="2018 Azerbaijani presidential election">2018</a><br /><a href="/wiki/2024_Azerbaijani_presidential_election" title="2024 Azerbaijani presidential election">2024</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="6" align="left"><span style="font-size:85%;"> Azerbaijan was elected as a non-permanent member to <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council" title="United Nations Security Council">United Nations Security Council</a>; foiled <a href="/wiki/2007_Baku_terrorist_plot" title="2007 Baku terrorist plot">2007 Baku terrorist plot</a>; <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_State_Oil_Academy_shooting" title="Azerbaijan State Oil Academy shooting">Azerbaijan State Oil Academy shooting</a>; <a href="/wiki/2010_Mardakert_skirmishes" class="mw-redirect" title="2010 Mardakert skirmishes">2010 Mardakert skirmishes</a>; <a href="/wiki/2011_Azerbaijani_protests" title="2011 Azerbaijani protests">2011 Azerbaijani protests</a>; <a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2012" title="Eurovision Song Contest 2012">Eurovision Song Contest 2012</a>; <a href="/wiki/2013_Baku_protests" title="2013 Baku protests">2013 Baku protests</a>; <a href="/wiki/2014_Armenian%E2%80%93Azerbaijani_clashes" title="2014 Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes">2014 Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes</a>; <a href="/wiki/2014_Nagorno-Karabakh_Mil_Mi-24_shootdown" class="mw-redirect" title="2014 Nagorno-Karabakh Mil Mi-24 shootdown">2014 Nagorno-Karabakh Mil Mi-24 shootdown</a>; <a href="/wiki/2015_European_Games" title="2015 European Games">2015 European Games</a>; <a href="/wiki/2016_Nagorno-Karabakh_clashes" class="mw-redirect" title="2016 Nagorno-Karabakh clashes">2016 Nagorno-Karabakh clashes</a>; <a href="/wiki/Baku_City_Circuit" title="Baku City Circuit">Baku City Circuit</a>; <a href="/wiki/2017_Islamic_Solidarity_Games" title="2017 Islamic Solidarity Games">2017 Islamic Solidarity Games</a>; <a href="/wiki/2020_Armenian%E2%80%93Azerbaijani_clashes" class="mw-redirect" title="2020 Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes">2020 Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes</a>; <a href="/wiki/2020_Nagorno-Karabakh_conflict" class="mw-redirect" title="2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict">2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict</a>.</span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Timeline">Timeline</h2></div> <div class="timeline-wrapper"><map name="timeline_tpb3ne8irk2a1z0qkrn341e1sg6wz3g"><area shape="rect" href="/wiki/Ilham_Aliyev" coords="959,67,1062,87" title="Ilham Aliyev" alt="Ilham Aliyev" /><area shape="rect" href="/wiki/Heydar_Aliyev" coords="386,54,494,75" title="Heydar Aliyev" alt="Heydar Aliyev" /><area shape="rect" href="/wiki/Abulfaz_Elchibey" coords="104,42,229,62" title="Abulfaz Elchibey" alt="Abulfaz Elchibey" /><area shape="rect" href="/wiki/Isa_Gambar" coords="76,29,168,50" title="Isa Gambar" alt="Isa Gambar" /><area shape="rect" href="/wiki/Yagub_Mammandov" coords="74,17,193,37" title="Yagub Mammandov" alt="Yagub Mammandov" /><area shape="rect" href="/wiki/Ayaz_Mutallibov" coords="74,4,194,25" title="Ayaz Mutallibov" alt="Ayaz Mutallibov" /></map><img usemap="#timeline_tpb3ne8irk2a1z0qkrn341e1sg6wz3g" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/timeline/tpb3ne8irk2a1z0qkrn341e1sg6wz3g.png" /></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Latest_election">Latest election</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2024_Azerbaijani_presidential_election" title="2024 Azerbaijani presidential election">2024 Azerbaijani presidential election</a></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"><caption></caption><tbody><tr><th scope="col" colspan="2">Candidate</th><th scope="col">Party</th><th scope="col">Votes</th><th scope="col">%</th></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#0075C1"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Ilham_Aliyev" title="Ilham Aliyev">Ilham Aliyev</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/New_Azerbaijan_Party" title="New Azerbaijan Party">New Azerbaijan Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">4,567,458</td><td style="text-align:right">92.12</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#DCDCDC"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Zahid_Oruj" title="Zahid Oruj">Zahid Oruj</a></td><td>Independent</td><td style="text-align:right">107,632</td><td style="text-align:right">2.17</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#ED2939"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Fazil_Mustafa" title="Fazil Mustafa">Fazil Mustafa</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/Great_Order_Party" title="Great Order Party">Great Order Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">98,421</td><td style="text-align:right">1.99</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#003399"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Q%C3%BCdrat_Hasanquliyev" class="mw-redirect" title="Qüdrat Hasanquliyev">Qüdrat Hasanquliyev</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/Whole_Azerbaijan_Popular_Front_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Whole Azerbaijan Popular Front Party">Whole Azerbaijan Popular Front Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">85,411</td><td style="text-align:right">1.72</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#14B5E1"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Razi_Nurullayev" title="Razi Nurullayev">Razi Nurullayev</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/National_Front_Party_(Azerbaijan)" title="National Front Party (Azerbaijan)">National Front Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">39,643</td><td style="text-align:right">0.80</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#C72127"></td><td><a href="/w/index.php?title=El%C5%9Fad_Musayev&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Elşad Musayev (page does not exist)">Elşad Musayev</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/El%C5%9Fad_Musayev" class="extiw" title="az:Elşad Musayev">az</a>]</span></td><td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Great_Azerbaijan_Party&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Great Azerbaijan Party (page does not exist)">Great Azerbaijan Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">32,885</td><td style="text-align:right">0.66</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#DCDCDC"></td><td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fuad_Aliyev&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fuad Aliyev (page does not exist)">Fuad Aliyev</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuad_%C6%8Fliyev_(siyas%C9%99t%C3%A7i)" class="extiw" title="az:Fuad Əliyev (siyasətçi)">az</a>]</span></td><td>Independent</td><td style="text-align:right">26,517</td><td style="text-align:right">0.53</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="font-weight:bold"><td colspan="3">Total</td><td style="text-align:right">4,957,967</td><td style="text-align:right">100.00</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom"><td colspan="5" style="color:black;background:#eaecf0"></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="3" style="text-align:left;font-weight:normal;color:inherit;background:inherit">Valid votes</th><td>4,957,967</td><td>99.80</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="3" style="text-align:left;font-weight:normal;color:inherit;background:inherit">Invalid/blank votes</th><td>9,828</td><td>0.20</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="font-weight:bold;text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="3" style="text-align:left;background:inherit;color:inherit">Total votes</th><td>4,967,795</td><td>100.00</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="3" style="text-align:left;font-weight:normal;color:inherit;background:inherit">Registered voters/turnout</th><td>6,514,222</td><td>76.26</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><td colspan="5" style="text-align:left">Source: <a rel="nofollow" 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</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="5" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Azerbaijan" title="Coat of arms of Azerbaijan"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Emblem_of_Azerbaijan.svg/80px-Emblem_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Emblem_of_Azerbaijan.svg/120px-Emblem_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Emblem_of_Azerbaijan.svg/160px-Emblem_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="403" data-file-height="444" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Azerbaijan" title="Geography of Azerbaijan">Geography</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bodies_of_water_of_Azerbaijan" title="Bodies of water of Azerbaijan">Bodies of water</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caspian_Sea" title="Caspian Sea">Caspian Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climate_of_Azerbaijan" title="Climate of Azerbaijan">Climate</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Climate_change_in_Azerbaijan" title="Climate change in Azerbaijan">Climate change</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_earthquakes_in_Azerbaijan" title="List of earthquakes in Azerbaijan">Earthquakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Environment_of_Azerbaijan" title="Environment of Azerbaijan">Environment</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Environmental_issues_in_Azerbaijan" title="Environmental issues in Azerbaijan">issues</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Extreme_points_of_Azerbaijan" title="Extreme points of Azerbaijan">Extreme points</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fauna_of_Azerbaijan" title="Fauna of Azerbaijan">Fauna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flora_of_Azerbaijan" title="Flora of Azerbaijan">Flora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geology_of_Azerbaijan" title="Geology of Azerbaijan">Geology</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Caves_of_Azerbaijan" class="mw-redirect" title="Caves of Azerbaijan">Caves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mountains_of_Azerbaijan" title="Mountains of Azerbaijan">Mountains</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_lakes_of_Azerbaijan" title="List of lakes of Azerbaijan">Lakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_parks_of_Azerbaijan" title="National parks of Azerbaijan">National parks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orography_of_Azerbaijan" title="Orography of Azerbaijan">Orography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_protected_areas_of_Azerbaijan" title="List of protected areas of Azerbaijan">Protected areas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_reserves_of_Azerbaijan" title="State reserves of Azerbaijan">State reserves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wildlife_of_Azerbaijan" title="Wildlife of Azerbaijan">Wildlife</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_Azerbaijan" title="Administrative divisions of Azerbaijan">Subdivisions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_Azerbaijan" title="Administrative divisions of Azerbaijan">Administrative divisions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Borders_of_Azerbaijan" title="Borders of Azerbaijan">Borders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Azerbaijan" title="List of cities in Azerbaijan">Cities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_Azerbaijan" title="List of World Heritage Sites in Azerbaijan">World Heritage Sites</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Azerbaijan" title="Politics of Azerbaijan">Politics</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Azerbaijan" class="mw-redirect" title="Government of Azerbaijan">Government</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_Azerbaijan" title="Cabinet of Azerbaijan">Cabinet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Azerbaijan" title="Constitution of Azerbaijan">Constitution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Azerbaijan" title="Elections in Azerbaijan">Elections</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Azerbaijan" title="Foreign relations of Azerbaijan">Foreign relations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Human_rights_in_Azerbaijan" title="Human rights in Azerbaijan">Human rights</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Azerbaijan" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in Azerbaijan">LGBT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Children%27s_rights_in_Azerbaijan" title="Children's rights in Azerbaijan">Children's rights</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Law_enforcement_in_Azerbaijan" title="Law enforcement in Azerbaijan">Law enforcement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_Armed_Forces" title="Azerbaijani Armed Forces">Military</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_(Azerbaijan)" title="National Assembly (Azerbaijan)">National Assembly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Azerbaijan" title="List of 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title="Agriculture in Azerbaijan">Agriculture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Bank_of_Azerbaijan" title="Central Bank of Azerbaijan">Central Bank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_companies_of_Azerbaijan" title="List of companies of Azerbaijan">Companies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Energy_in_Azerbaijan" title="Energy in Azerbaijan">Energy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_manat" title="Azerbaijani manat">Manat (currency)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metallurgy_in_Azerbaijan" title="Metallurgy in Azerbaijan">Metallurgy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mineral_industry_of_Azerbaijan" title="Mineral industry of Azerbaijan">Mineral industry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Natural_resources_of_Azerbaijan" title="Natural resources of Azerbaijan">Natural resources</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Petroleum_industry_in_Azerbaijan" title="Petroleum industry in Azerbaijan">Petroleum industry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telecommunications_in_Azerbaijan" title="Telecommunications in Azerbaijan">Telecommunications</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tourism_in_Azerbaijan" title="Tourism in Azerbaijan">Tourism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transport_in_Azerbaijan" title="Transport in Azerbaijan">Transport</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Azerbaijan" title="Culture of Azerbaijan">Culture</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Azerbaijani_animation" class="mw-redirect" title="History of Azerbaijani animation">Animation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Architecture_of_Azerbaijan" title="Architecture of Azerbaijan">Architecture</a></li> <li><a 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anthem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_emblem_of_Azerbaijan" title="National emblem of Azerbaijan">National emblem</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3" style="font-weight:bold;"><div><div style="margin-bottom:-0.4em;"><ul><li><span class="nobold"><a href="/wiki/Outline_of_Azerbaijan" title="Outline of Azerbaijan">Outline</a></span></li><li><span class="nobold"><a href="/wiki/Index_of_Azerbaijan-related_articles" title="Index of Azerbaijan-related articles">Index</a></span></li><li><span class="nobold"><a href="/wiki/Bibliography_of_the_history_of_the_Caucasus#Azerbaijan" title="Bibliography of the history of the Caucasus">Bibliography</a></span></li></ul></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Azerbaijan" title="Category:Azerbaijan">Category</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portal:Azerbaijan" title="Portal:Azerbaijan">Portal</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link 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Amin Rasulzadeh">Mammad Amin Rasulzadeh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alimardan_Topchubashov" class="mw-redirect" title="Alimardan Topchubashov">Alimardan Topchubashov</a></li></ul></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="3" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_President_of_Azerbaijan.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Flag_of_the_President_of_Azerbaijan.svg/100px-Flag_of_the_President_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Flag_of_the_President_of_Azerbaijan.svg/150px-Flag_of_the_President_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Flag_of_the_President_of_Azerbaijan.svg/200px-Flag_of_the_President_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="400" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_Soviet_Socialist_Republic" title="Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic">Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic<br />(1920-1991)</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b>First secretaries of the Central Committee of the <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_Communist_Party_(1920)" title="Azerbaijan Communist Party (1920)">Azerbaijan Communist Party</a> (1920-1991)</b></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mirza_Davud_Huseynov" title="Mirza Davud Huseynov">Mirza Davud Huseynov</a> (1920)</li> <li>Viktor Naneyshvily (1920)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elena_Stasova" title="Elena Stasova">Elena Stasova</a> (1920)</li> <li>Vladimir Dumbadze (1920)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grigory_Kaminsky" title="Grigory Kaminsky">Grigory Kaminsky</a> (1920–1921)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sergei_Kirov" title="Sergei Kirov">Sergei Kirov</a> (1921–1925)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruhulla_Akhundov" title="Ruhulla Akhundov">Ruhulla Akhundov</a> (1925–1926)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Levon_Mirzoyan" title="Levon Mirzoyan">Levon Mirzoyan</a> (1926–1929)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nikolai_Gikalo" title="Nikolai Gikalo">Nikolai Gikalo</a> (1929–1930)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Polonsky" title="Vladimir Polonsky">Vladimir Polonsky</a> (1930–1933)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruben_Rubenov" title="Ruben Rubenov">Ruben Rubenov</a> (1933)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mir_Jafar_Baghirov" title="Mir Jafar Baghirov">Mir Jafar Baghirov</a> (1933–1953)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mir_Teymur_Yagubov" title="Mir Teymur Yagubov">Mir Teymur Yagubov</a> (1953–1954)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imam_Mustafayev" title="Imam Mustafayev">Imam Mustafayev</a> (1954–1959)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vali_Akhundov" title="Vali Akhundov">Vali Akhundov</a> (1959–1969)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heydar_Aliyev" title="Heydar Aliyev">Heydar Aliyev</a> (1969–1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamran_Baghirov" title="Kamran Baghirov">Kamran Baghirov</a> (1982–1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abdurrahman_Vazirov" title="Abdurrahman Vazirov">Abdurrahman Vazirov</a> (1988–1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ayaz_Mutallibov" title="Ayaz Mutallibov">Ayaz Mutallibov</a> (1990–1991)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan">Republic of Azerbaijan<br />(1991-present)</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b>Presidents of Azerbaijan Republic (1991-)</b></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ayaz_Mutallibov" title="Ayaz Mutallibov">Ayaz Mutallibov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yagub_Mammadov_(politician)" title="Yagub Mammadov (politician)">Yagub Mammadov</a><sup>a</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ayaz_Mutallibov" title="Ayaz Mutallibov">Ayaz Mutallibov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isa_Gambar" title="Isa Gambar">Isa Gambar</a><sup>a</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abulfaz_Elchibey" title="Abulfaz Elchibey">Abulfaz Elchibey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heydar_Aliyev" title="Heydar Aliyev">Heydar Aliyev</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ilham_Aliyev" title="Ilham Aliyev">Ilham Aliyev</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3"><div>(a) Denotes acting</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Heads_of_state_and_government_of_Asia" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th 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of Asia</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;line-height: 1.3em; text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/Head_of_state" title="Head of state">Heads<br />of state</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;line-height: 1.3em;">UN members  <br />and observers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Leader_of_Afghanistan" title="Supreme Leader of Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Armenia" title="President of Armenia">Armenia</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Azerbaijan</a><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_of_Bahrain" title="King of Bahrain">Bahrain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Bangladesh" title="President of Bangladesh">Bangladesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_of_Bhutan" title="King of Bhutan">Bhutan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_sultans_of_Brunei" title="List of sultans of Brunei">Brunei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monarchy_of_Cambodia" title="Monarchy of Cambodia">Cambodia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_China" title="President of China">China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Cyprus" title="President of Cyprus">Cyprus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_East_Timor" title="President of East Timor">East Timor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Egypt" title="President of Egypt">Egypt</a><sup><small>2</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Georgia" title="President of Georgia">Georgia</a><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_India" title="President of India">India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Indonesia" title="President of Indonesia">Indonesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Leader_of_Iran" title="Supreme Leader of Iran">Iran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Iraq" title="President of Iraq">Iraq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Israel" title="President of Israel">Israel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emperor_of_Japan" title="Emperor of Japan">Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_kings_of_Jordan" title="List of kings of Jordan">Jordan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Kazakhstan" title="President of Kazakhstan">Kazakhstan</a><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emir_of_Kuwait" title="Emir of Kuwait">Kuwait</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Kyrgyzstan" title="President of Kyrgyzstan">Kyrgyzstan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Laos" title="President of Laos">Laos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Lebanon" title="President of Lebanon">Lebanon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yang_di-Pertuan_Agong" class="mw-redirect" title="Yang di-Pertuan Agong">Malaysia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Maldives" class="mw-redirect" title="President of Maldives">Maldives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Mongolia" title="President of Mongolia">Mongolia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Myanmar" title="President of Myanmar">Myanmar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Nepal" title="President of Nepal">Nepal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_State_Affairs_of_North_Korea" title="President of the State Affairs of North Korea">North Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rulers_of_Oman" title="List of rulers of Oman">Oman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Pakistan" title="President of Pakistan">Pakistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_State_of_Palestine" title="President of the State of Palestine">Palestine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Philippines" title="President of the Philippines">Philippines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emir_of_Qatar" title="Emir of Qatar">Qatar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Russia" title="President of Russia">Russia</a><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_of_Saudi_Arabia" title="King of Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Singapore" title="President of Singapore">Singapore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_South_Korea" title="President of South Korea">South Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Sri_Lanka" title="President of Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Syria" title="President of Syria">Syria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Tajikistan" title="President of Tajikistan">Tajikistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monarchy_of_Thailand" title="Monarchy of Thailand">Thailand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Turkey" title="President of Turkey">Turkey</a><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Turkmenistan" title="President of Turkmenistan">Turkmenistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="President of the United Arab Emirates">United Arab Emirates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Uzbekistan" title="President of Uzbekistan">Uzbekistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Vietnam" title="President of Vietnam">Vietnam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Yemen" title="President of Yemen">Yemen</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;line-height: 1.3em;">limited recognized states</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Abkhazia" title="President of Abkhazia">Abkhazia</a><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Northern_Cyprus" title="President of Northern Cyprus">Northern Cyprus</a><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_South_Ossetia" title="President of South Ossetia">South Ossetia</a><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Republic_of_China" title="President of the Republic of China">Taiwan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;line-height: 1.3em; text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/Head_of_government" title="Head of government">Heads of<br />government</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;line-height: 1.3em;">UN members  <br />and observers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Afghanistan" title="Prime Minister of Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Armenia" title="Prime Minister of Armenia">Armenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Azerbaijan" title="Prime Minister of Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Bahrain" title="Prime Minister of Bahrain">Bahrain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Bangladesh" title="Prime Minister of Bangladesh">Bangladesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Bhutan" title="List of prime ministers of Bhutan">Bhutan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Brunei" title="Prime Minister of Brunei">Brunei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Cambodia" title="Prime Minister of Cambodia">Cambodia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Premier_of_China" title="Premier of China">China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Cyprus" title="President of Cyprus">Cyprus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_East_Timor" title="Prime Minister of East Timor">East Timor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Egypt" title="Prime Minister of Egypt">Egypt</a><sup><small>2</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Georgia" title="Prime Minister of Georgia">Georgia</a><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_India" title="Prime Minister of India">India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Indonesia" title="President of Indonesia">Indonesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Iran" title="President of Iran">Iran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Iraq" title="Prime Minister of Iraq">Iraq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Israel" title="Prime Minister of Israel">Israel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Japan" title="Prime Minister of Japan">Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Jordan" title="Prime Minister of Jordan">Jordan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Kazakhstan" title="Prime Minister of Kazakhstan">Kazakhstan</a><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Kuwait" class="mw-redirect" title="Prime Minister of Kuwait">Kuwait</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Kyrgyzstan" class="mw-redirect" title="Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan">Kyrgyzstan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Laos" title="Prime Minister of Laos">Laos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Lebanon" title="Prime Minister of Lebanon">Lebanon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Malaysia" title="Prime Minister of Malaysia">Malaysia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Maldives" class="mw-redirect" title="President of Maldives">Maldives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Mongolia" title="Prime Minister of Mongolia">Mongolia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Myanmar" title="Prime Minister of Myanmar">Myanmar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Nepal" title="Prime Minister of Nepal">Nepal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Premier_of_North_Korea" title="Premier of North Korea">North Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Oman" class="mw-redirect" title="Prime Minister of Oman">Oman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Pakistan" title="Prime Minister of Pakistan">Pakistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Palestine" class="mw-redirect" title="Prime Minister of Palestine">Palestine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Philippines" title="President of the Philippines">Philippines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Qatar" class="mw-redirect" title="Prime Minister of Qatar">Qatar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Russia" title="Prime Minister of Russia">Russia</a><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Saudi_Arabia" title="Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Singapore" title="Prime Minister of Singapore">Singapore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_South_Korea" title="President of South Korea">South Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Prime Minister of Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Syria" title="Prime Minister of Syria">Syria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Tajikistan" title="Prime Minister of Tajikistan">Tajikistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Thailand" title="Prime Minister of Thailand">Thailand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Turkey" title="President of Turkey">Turkey</a><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Turkmenistan" title="President of Turkmenistan">Turkmenistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_United_Arab_Emirates" class="mw-redirect" title="Prime Minister of United Arab Emirates">United Arab Emirates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Uzbekistan" title="Prime Minister of Uzbekistan">Uzbekistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Vietnam" title="Prime Minister of Vietnam">Vietnam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Yemen" title="Prime Minister of Yemen">Yemen</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;line-height: 1.3em;">limited recognized states</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Abkhazia" title="Prime Minister of Abkhazia">Abkhazia</a><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Northern_Cyprus" title="Prime Minister of Northern Cyprus">Northern Cyprus</a><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_South_Ossetia" title="Prime Minister of South Ossetia">South Ossetia</a><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Premier_of_the_Republic_of_China" title="Premier of the Republic of China">Taiwan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;line-height: 1.3em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Supreme_Leader" class="extiw" title="wikt:Supreme Leader">Supreme leaders</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Leader_of_Afghanistan" title="Supreme Leader of Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paramount_leader" title="Paramount leader">China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Leader_of_Iran" title="Supreme Leader of Iran">Iran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Leader_(North_Korean_title)" title="Supreme Leader (North Korean title)">North Korea</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><sup><small>1</small></sup> Partially or entirely in Asia, depending on the definition of the Europe–Asia border. 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navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;line-height: 1.3em;">UN members  <br />and observers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Albania" title="President of Albania">Albania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Co-Princes_of_Andorra" class="mw-redirect" title="Co-Princes of Andorra">Andorra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Armenia" title="President of Armenia">Armenia</a><sup>1</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Austria" title="President of Austria">Austria</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Azerbaijan</a><sup>1</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Belarus" title="President of Belarus">Belarus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monarchy_of_Belgium" title="Monarchy of Belgium">Belgium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presidency_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina" title="Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Bulgaria" title="President of Bulgaria">Bulgaria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Croatia" title="President of Croatia">Croatia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Cyprus" title="President of Cyprus">Cyprus</a><sup>1</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Czech_Republic" title="President of the Czech Republic">Czech Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monarchy_of_Denmark" title="Monarchy of Denmark">Denmark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Estonia" title="President of Estonia">Estonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Finland" title="President of Finland">Finland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_France" title="President of France">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Georgia" title="President of Georgia">Georgia</a><sup>1</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Germany" title="President of Germany">Germany</a></li> <li><a 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