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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Az%C9%99rbaycan%C4%B1n_d%C3%B6vl%C9%99t_qurulu%C5%9Fu" title="Azərbaycanın dövlət quruluşu – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Azərbaycanın dövlət quruluşu" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8#রাজনীতি" title="আজারবাইজান – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="আজারবাইজান" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%96%D1%82%D1%8B%D0%BA%D0%B0_%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="Палітыка Азербайджана – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Палітыка 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%94%D0%B7%D1%8F%D1%80%D0%B6%D0%B0%D1%9E%D0%BD%D1%8B_%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B4_%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="Дзяржаўны лад Азэрбайджану – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Дзяржаўны лад 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%94%D1%8A%D1%80%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%BE_%D1%83%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B9%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%BE_%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="Държавно устройство на Азербайджан – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Държавно устройство 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-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pol%C3%ADtica_de_l%27Azerbaidjan" title="Política de l'Azerbaidjan – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Política 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-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politisches_System_Aserbaidschans" title="Politisches System Aserbaidschans – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Politisches System Aserbaidschans" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pol%C3%ADtica_de_Azerbaiy%C3%A1n" title="Política de Azerbaiyán – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Política 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-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA_%D8%AF%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="سیاست در جمهوری آذربایجان – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="سیاست در 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/Politique_en_Azerba%C3%AFdjan" title="Politique en Azerbaïdjan – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Politique en Azerbaïdjan" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pol%C3%ADtica_de_Acerbaix%C3%A1n" title="Política de Acerbaixán – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Política de Acerbaixán" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politik_Azerbaijan" title="Politik Azerbaijan – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Politik Azerbaijan" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politica_dell%27Azerbaigian" title="Politica dell'Azerbaigian – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Politica dell'Azerbaigian" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%98%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%94_%D7%A9%D7%9C_%D7%90%D7%96%D7%A8%D7%91%D7%99%D7%99%D7%92%27%D7%9F" title="פוליטיקה של אזרבייג'ן – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="פוליטיקה של אזרבייג'ן" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%90%E1%83%96%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%91%E1%83%90%E1%83%98%E1%83%AF%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%9E%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98%E1%83%99%E1%83%90" title="აზერბაიჯანის პოლიტიკა – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="აზერბაიჯანის პოლიტიკა" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%90%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%98%D1%9F%D0%B0%D0%BD" title="Политика на Азербејџан – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Политика на Азербејџан" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politik_Azerbaijan" title="Politik Azerbaijan – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Politik Azerbaijan" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politica_d%27Azerbaitjan" title="Politica d'Azerbaitjan – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Politica d'Azerbaitjan" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a 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Azerbaijan">Head of state</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Azerbaijan" title="President of Azerbaijan">President</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Ilham_Aliyev" title="Ilham Aliyev">Ilham Aliyev</a></dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vice_President_of_Azerbaijan" title="Vice President of Azerbaijan">Vice President</a>: <a href="/wiki/Mehriban_Aliyeva" title="Mehriban Aliyeva">Mehriban Aliyeva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Office_of_Azerbaijan_President" class="mw-redirect" title="The Office of Azerbaijan President">Office of the President</a></li></ul></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_Azerbaijan" title="Cabinet of Azerbaijan">Executive</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a 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href="/wiki/2024_Azerbaijani_parliamentary_election" title="2024 Azerbaijani parliamentary election">2024</a></li></ul></div></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Azerbaijan" title="List of political parties in Azerbaijan">Political parties</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Azerbaijan" title="Foreign relations of Azerbaijan">Foreign relations</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Azerbaijan)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Azerbaijan)">Ministry of Foreign Affairs</a> <dl><dd>Minister: <a href="/wiki/Jeyhun_Bayramov" title="Jeyhun Bayramov">Jeyhun Bayramov</a></dd></dl></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_diplomatic_missions_of_Azerbaijan" title="List 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<b>politics of Azerbaijan</b> take place in an <a href="/wiki/Authoritarianism" title="Authoritarianism">authoritarian</a> system where elections are not free and fair, political opponents are repressed, civil rights are limited, <a href="/wiki/Human_rights_in_Azerbaijan" title="Human rights in Azerbaijan">human rights abuses</a> are widespread, corruption is rampant, and power is concentrated in the hands of President <a href="/wiki/Ilham_Aliyev" title="Ilham Aliyev">Ilham Aliyev</a> and his extended family.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Azerbaijan is nominally a <a href="/wiki/Semi-presidential_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Semi-presidential system">semi-presidential</a> <a href="/wiki/Republic" title="Republic">republic</a>, with the <a href="/wiki/President_of_Azerbaijan" title="President of Azerbaijan">President of Azerbaijan</a> as the <a href="/wiki/Head_of_state" title="Head of state">head of state</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Azerbaijan" title="Prime Minister of Azerbaijan">Prime Minister of Azerbaijan</a> as <a href="/wiki/Head_of_government" title="Head of government">head of government</a>. <a href="/wiki/Executive_power" class="mw-redirect" title="Executive power">Executive power</a> is exercised by the president and the government. Checks and balances are nominally ensured by the legislature (<a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_(Azerbaijan)" title="National Assembly (Azerbaijan)">Azerbaijan's National Assembly</a>) and the <a href="/wiki/Judiciary" title="Judiciary">Judiciary</a> but both institutions are in practice firmly controlled by the executive.<sup id="cite_ref-LaPorte2016_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LaPorte2016-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The politics of Azerbaijan have since 1969 been dominated by the Aliyev family. <a href="/wiki/Heydar_Aliyev" title="Heydar Aliyev">Heydar Aliyev</a> governed <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_Soviet_Socialist_Republic" title="Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic">Soviet Azerbaijan</a> from 1969 to 1982 as First Secretary of the <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_Communist_Party_(1920)" title="Azerbaijan Communist Party (1920)">Communist Party of Azerbaijan</a>, and as President of Azerbaijan from 1993 to 2003 after seizing power in the aftermath of a <a href="/wiki/1993_Azerbaijani_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1993 Azerbaijani coup d'état">1993 military coup</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:192_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:192-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:16_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:16-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ilham Aliyev, Heydar's son, was installed as president in 2003. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_history">Political history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Politics_of_Azerbaijan&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Political history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Azerbaijan declared its independence from the former <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a> on August 30, 1991, with <a href="/wiki/Ayaz_Mutalibov" class="mw-redirect" title="Ayaz Mutalibov">Ayaz Mutalibov</a>, former First Secretary of the <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_Communist_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Azerbaijani Communist Party">Azerbaijani Communist Party</a>, becoming the country's first President. Following a <a href="/wiki/Khojaly_Massacre" class="mw-redirect" title="Khojaly Massacre">massacre of Azerbaijanis</a> at <a href="/wiki/Khojali_(city)" class="mw-redirect" title="Khojali (city)">Khojali</a> in <a href="/wiki/Nagorno-Karabakh" title="Nagorno-Karabakh">Nagorno-Karabakh</a> in March 1992, Mutalibov resigned and the country experienced a period of political fragility. The old guard returned Mutalibov to power in May 1992, but less than a week later his efforts to suspend scheduled presidential elections and ban all political activity prompted the opposition <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_Popular_Front_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Azerbaijan Popular Front Party">Azerbaijan Popular Front Party</a> (PFP) to organize a resistance movement and take power. Among its reforms, the PFP dissolved the predominantly Communist <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Soviet" title="Supreme Soviet">Supreme Soviet</a> and transferred its functions to the 50-member upper house of the legislature, the National Council. </p><p>Elections in June 1992 resulted in the selection of PFP leader <a href="/wiki/Abulfaz_Elchibey" title="Abulfaz Elchibey">Abulfaz Elchibey</a> as the country's second president. The national presidential elections with 7 candidates were held on 7 June 1992 in which Elchibey was elected the President of Azerbaijan, gaining 54% of votes and becoming Azerbaijan's first democratically elected, non-communist president. During the summer of 1992, Elchibey secured the full withdrawal of the Soviet army from Azerbaijan, which became the first and only former Soviet republic (after the Baltic states) free of Soviet military presence. At the same time, Elchibey's government established the national Caspian Navy and managed to reach an agreement with Russia on receiving one-quarter of the Soviet Caspian Navy based in Baku. </p><p>The National Council conferred presidential powers upon its new speaker, <a href="/wiki/Heydar_Aliyev" title="Heydar Aliyev">Heydar Aliyev</a>, former First Secretary of the <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_Communist_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Azerbaijani Communist Party">Azerbaijani Communist Party</a> (1969–81) and later a member of the Soviet Union's <a href="/wiki/Politburo" title="Politburo">Politburo</a>, the <a href="/wiki/KGB" title="KGB">KGB</a>, and USSR Deputy Prime Minister (until 1987). Elchibey was formally deposed by a national <a href="/wiki/Referendum" title="Referendum">referendum</a> in August 1993, and Aliyev was elected to a 5-year term as President in October with only token opposition. Aliyev won re-election to another 5-year term in 1998. According to conclusions of OSCE ODIHR election observation report "clear political will was demonstrated by the authorities of the Republic of Azerbaijan to significantly improve on the election practice of the country. The efforts in this direction were initiated in the late spring of 1998 by a review of the election legislation to put it in line with OSCE commitments, by the formal abolishment of censorship in August 1998 and by the final approval of the new Citizenship Law in late September 1998. In this way the authorities responded positively to concerns raised by the international community and indicated their willingness to meet international standards in the conduct of the election process".<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><p>The Speaker of Parliament stood next in line to the President, but the constitution was changed at the end of 2002: now the premier is next in line. In August 2003, İlham Aliyev was appointed as premier. In the <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_presidential_election,_2003" class="mw-redirect" title="Azerbaijan presidential election, 2003">October 2003 presidential elections</a>, İlham Aliyev was the winner and was sworn in as president at the end of the same month, and Rasizade was appointed premier again. </p><p>Elections in Azerbaijan tend to be fairly predictable affairs, with little analysis needed. President Ilham Aliyev and his <a href="/wiki/New_Azerbaijan_Party" title="New Azerbaijan Party">New Azerbaijan Party</a> keep an iron grip on power through fraudulent votes; international observers have never deemed an election in the country to be free and fair. In April 2018, President Ilham Aliyev secured his fourth consecutive term in the <a href="/wiki/2018_Azerbaijani_presidential_election" title="2018 Azerbaijani presidential election">election</a> that was boycotted by the main opposition parties as fraudulent.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Executive_branch">Executive branch</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Politics_of_Azerbaijan&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Executive branch"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ilham_Aliyev_in_2023.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Ilham_Aliyev_in_2023.jpg/170px-Ilham_Aliyev_in_2023.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="258" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Ilham_Aliyev_in_2023.jpg/255px-Ilham_Aliyev_in_2023.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Ilham_Aliyev_in_2023.jpg/340px-Ilham_Aliyev_in_2023.jpg 2x" data-file-width="660" data-file-height="1000" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Ilham_Aliyev" title="Ilham Aliyev">Ilham Aliyev</a>, <a href="/wiki/President_of_Azerbaijan" title="President of Azerbaijan">President of Azerbaijan</a></figcaption></figure> <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">See also: <a href="/wiki/President_of_Azerbaijan" title="President of Azerbaijan">President of Azerbaijan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_Azerbaijan" title="Cabinet of Azerbaijan">Cabinet of Azerbaijan</a></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"> <caption>Main office-holders </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Office </th> <th scope="col">Name </th> <th scope="col">Party </th> <th scope="col">Since </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/President_of_Azerbaijan" title="President of Azerbaijan">President</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/%C4%B0lham_Aliyev" class="mw-redirect" title="İlham Aliyev">İlham Aliyev</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_Azerbaijan_Party" title="New Azerbaijan Party">New Azerbaijan Party</a> (YAP) </td> <td>15 October 2003 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Vice_President_of_Azerbaijan" title="Vice President of Azerbaijan">Vice President</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mehriban_Aliyeva" title="Mehriban Aliyeva">Mehriban Aliyeva</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_Azerbaijan_Party" title="New Azerbaijan Party">New Azerbaijan Party</a> (YAP) </td> <td>21 February 2017 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Azerbaijan" title="Prime Minister of Azerbaijan">Prime Minister</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ali_Asadov" title="Ali Asadov">Ali Asadov</a> </td> <td>Independent </td> <td>8 October 2019 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>President is the head of the state and chief of the executive branch. The people elect the <a href="/wiki/President_of_Azerbaijan" title="President of Azerbaijan">president</a>; the <a href="/wiki/Vice_President_of_Azerbaijan" title="Vice President of Azerbaijan">Vice President</a> is appointed by the President and the <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Azerbaijan" title="Prime Minister of Azerbaijan">Prime Minister</a> is nominated by the President and confirmed by the <a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_of_Azerbaijan" class="mw-redirect" title="National Assembly of Azerbaijan">National Assembly of Azerbaijan</a>. Presidential term is seven years. The President appoints all cabinet-level government officials (ministers, heads of other central executive bodies) and heads of local executive bodies. </p><p>Since 2008, the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Azerbaijan" title="Constitution of Azerbaijan">Constitution of Azerbaijan</a> was amended, abolishing any term limit for the office of President.<sup id="cite_ref-OSW_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OSW-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Last Constitutional reform took place in September 2016 and introduced the office of Vice President. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="President">President</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Politics_of_Azerbaijan&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: President"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to the Constitution of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan is the head of state and posseses executive power. The President of the Republic of Azerbaijan represents the country in internal and external affairs. The President of the Republic of Azerbaijan ensures the independence and territorial integrity of Azerbaijan, and guarantees compliance with international treaties. </p><p>The President in Azerbaijan is directly elected for a 7-year term, with the candidate required to have the right to vote, residing in Azerbaijani territory for more than 10 years, possess a higher education, lack citizenship or liabilities to the foreign states, and not convicted for a serious crime. </p><p>The President could be removed by the National Assembly following conviction by the Supreme Court, if the decision is adopted by three-quarters majority of the deputies. Otherwise, the President enjoys personal immunity. </p><p>The Constitution endows the President with the following powers: </p> <ul><li>appointment and dismissal of vice-presidents</li> <li>designation of elections to the National Assembly of the Republic of Azerbaijan</li> <li>Proposal of the annual budget and military doctrine to the National Assembly</li> <li>approval of economic and social policies</li> <li>appointment and dismissal of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Azerbaijan with the consent of the National Assembly.</li> <li>Nomination of the judges of the Constitutional Court, Supreme Court, Appellate Courts, and other courts, with approval from the National Assembly.</li> <li>assignment and dismissal of the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Azerbaijan (with the consent of the Milli Mejlis)</li> <li>creation of local and central executive bodies</li> <li>appointment and dissolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Azerbaijan</li> <li>appointment and dismissal of members of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Azerbaijan</li> <li>revocation of the decision of the Cabinet of Ministers</li> <li>appointment and dismissal of the command staff of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Azerbaijan</li> <li>formation of the Administration of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan</li> <li>appointment of the head of the Administration of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan</li> <li>Formation of the Security Council of the Republic of Azerbaijan</li> <li>call for referendum</li> <li>call of early elections</li> <li>pardon of prisoners</li> <li>bestowment of state decorations and honorary titles</li> <li>promulgation and publication of laws</li> <li>declaration of a state of emergency or martial law</li> <li>the declaration of war and the conclusion of peace (with the consent of the <a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_(Azerbaijan)" title="National Assembly (Azerbaijan)">Milli Majlis</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Vice_Presidents">Vice Presidents</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Politics_of_Azerbaijan&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Vice Presidents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Vice-Presidents of Azerbaijan are high-ranking officials subordinate to the President. First Vice-President and Vice-Presidents are appointed and dismissed by the President. In case of an early resignation of the president, within 60 days, as long as the new elections are called, the president's powers are fulfilled by the First Vice-President of Azerbaijan. The First Vice-President of Azerbaijan enjoys inviolability; can not be detained or brought to criminal responsibility, except in cases of detention at the scene of a crime, can not be searched or personally searched. </p><p>Any citizen with a higher education who has the right to vote and has no obligations to other states can become a vice-president of Azerbaijan. Vice-presidents have the right to immunity.<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> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legislative_branch">Legislative branch</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Politics_of_Azerbaijan&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Legislative branch"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_of_Azerbaijan" class="mw-redirect" title="National Assembly of Azerbaijan">National Assembly of Azerbaijan</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_Azerbaijan_legislation" title="List of Azerbaijan legislation">List of Azerbaijan legislation</a></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_of_Azerbaijan" class="mw-redirect" title="National Assembly of Azerbaijan">National Assembly of Azerbaijan</a> (<a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_language" title="Azerbaijani language">Azerbaijani</a>: <i lang="az">Milli Məclis</i>) is the <a href="/wiki/Legislative_branch" class="mw-redirect" title="Legislative branch">legislative branch</a> of government in <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Unicameral" class="mw-redirect" title="Unicameral">unicameral</a> National Assembly consists of 125 deputies elected in single-member constituencies. </p><p>Officially voting is free, individual and secret. Candidates may be self-nominated or nominated by political parties, their blocs or groups of voters. All citizens over 18 years of age have the right to vote, except those recognised incapable by court. Every citizen of at least 25 years of age may be elected with certain exceptions (i.e. dual citizenship, liabilities towards a foreign state, holding a position in the executive or judicial branches of power, remunerated activities - with certain exceptions, such as members of religious professions, incapacity confirmed by court, conviction for a serious crime or serving a sentence). The validity of election results is confirmed in respect of each candidate by the Constitutional Court, and the National Assembly is constituted upon confirmation in office of 83 deputies.<sup id="cite_ref-Council_of_Europe_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Council_of_Europe-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Every year, National Assembly of the Republic of Azerbaijan holds two regular, spring and autumn, sessions. Extraordinary sessions are convened by its Speaker at the request of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan or 42 deputies of the National Assembly.<sup id="cite_ref-en.president.az_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-en.president.az-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The meetings of the sessions of the National Assembly of the Republic of Azerbaijan are open to the public. A meeting of the session of the Milli Majlis may be closed to the public on the proposal of 83 members of parliament or the proposal of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan. The assembly is headed by the <a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_National_Assembly_of_Azerbaijan" title="Speaker of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan">Speaker of Milli Majlis</a> assisted by the First Deputy Speaker and two deputy speakers. <a href="/wiki/Ogtay_Asadov" title="Ogtay Asadov">Ogtay Asadov</a> is the current speaker of the assembly, <a href="/wiki/Ziyafet_Asgarov" class="mw-redirect" title="Ziyafet Asgarov">Ziyafet Asgarov</a> is the First Deputy Speaker and, <a href="/wiki/Bahar_Muradova" title="Bahar Muradova">Bahar Muradova</a> and Valeh Alasgarov are deputy speakers.<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> Currently (for the term of 2015-2010) 21 women and 104 men deputies are elected in National Assembly. National Assembly is divided into 15 Committees according to the areas they are focused.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its structure also includes Chamber of Accounts, Toponymic Commission, Disciplinary Commission and Azerbaijan newspaper.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A legislative initiative can be taken by an MP, the President of the Republic, the Supreme Court, the Prosecutor's Office, the NAR Supreme Council and a group of 40 thousand citizens who are eligible to vote. The <a href="/wiki/Nakhchivan_Autonomous_Republic" title="Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic">Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic</a> is a constituent part of Azerbaijan with its own elected parliament (the Supreme Council) consisting of 45 deputies. Elections to the Supreme Council are regulated by the Nakhchivan Constitution.<sup id="cite_ref-Council_of_Europe_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Council_of_Europe-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-en.president.az_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-en.president.az-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_parties_and_elections">Political parties and elections</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Politics_of_Azerbaijan&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Political parties and elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Azerbaijan" title="List of political parties in Azerbaijan">List of political parties in Azerbaijan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Azerbaijan" title="Elections in Azerbaijan">Elections in Azerbaijan</a></div> <p>Azerbaijan is considered a <a href="/wiki/One_party_dominant_state" class="mw-redirect" title="One party dominant state">one party dominant state</a>. Opposition parties against the <a href="/wiki/New_Azerbaijan_Party" title="New Azerbaijan Party">New Azerbaijan Party</a> are repressed and none of the post-1992 elections have been free and fair. Opposition parties are repressed. They have frequently been blocked from running in elections or they have boycotted elections due to the undemocratic conduct of the elections. </p><p>The ruling <a href="/wiki/New_Azerbaijan_Party" title="New Azerbaijan Party">New Azerbaijan Party</a>, headed by Ilham Aliyev, controls all the electoral commissions in Azerbaijan.<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="Presidential_elections">Presidential elections</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Politics_of_Azerbaijan&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Presidential elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></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/2018_Azerbaijani_presidential_election" title="2018 Azerbaijani presidential election">2018 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">3,394,898</td><td style="text-align:right">86.02</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">122,956</td><td style="text-align:right">3.12</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#FBFB07"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Sardar_Jalaloglu" title="Sardar Jalaloglu">Sardar Jalaloglu</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_Democratic_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Azerbaijan Democratic Party">Azerbaijan Democratic Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">119,621</td><td style="text-align:right">3.03</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#003399"></td><td>Gudrat Hasanguliyev</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">119,311</td><td style="text-align:right">3.02</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#F8F9FA"></td><td>Hafiz Hajiyev</td><td><a href="/wiki/Modern_Equality_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Modern Equality Party">Modern Equality Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">59,924</td><td style="text-align:right">1.52</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:red"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Araz_Alizadeh" title="Araz Alizadeh">Araz Alizadeh</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_Social_Democratic_Party" title="Azerbaijani Social Democratic Party">Azerbaijani Social Democratic Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">54,533</td><td style="text-align:right">1.38</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#CC0000"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Faraj_Guliyev" title="Faraj Guliyev">Faraj Guliyev</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/National_Revival_Movement_Party" title="National Revival Movement Party">National Revival Movement Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">45,967</td><td style="text-align:right">1.16</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#DCDCDC"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Razi_Nurullayev" title="Razi Nurullayev">Razi Nurullayev</a></td><td>Independent</td><td style="text-align:right">29,229</td><td style="text-align:right">0.74</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="font-weight:bold"><td colspan="3">Total</td><td style="text-align:right">3,946,439</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>3,946,439</td><td>99.69</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>12,413</td><td>0.31</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>3,958,852</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>5,332,817</td><td>74.24</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><td colspan="5" style="text-align:left">Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.msk.gov.az/uploads/Secki-2018/CEC_protocol-2018.pdf">CEC</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Parliamentary_elections">Parliamentary elections</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Politics_of_Azerbaijan&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Parliamentary elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></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/2020_Azerbaijani_parliamentary_election" title="2020 Azerbaijani parliamentary election">2020 Azerbaijani parliamentary election</a></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"><caption></caption><tbody><tr><th scope="col" colspan="2">Party</th><th scope="col">Votes</th><th scope="col">%</th><th scope="col">Seats</th><th scope="col">+/–</th></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#0075C1"></td><td><a href="/wiki/New_Azerbaijan_Party" title="New Azerbaijan Party">New Azerbaijan Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">976,163</td><td style="text-align:right">41.84</td><td style="text-align:right">70</td><td style="text-align:right">+1</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#3BB9FF"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Musavat" title="Musavat">Musavat</a></td><td style="text-align:right">38,714</td><td style="text-align:right">1.66</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#0F88C9"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Civic_Solidarity_Party" title="Civic Solidarity Party">Civic Solidarity Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">27,121</td><td style="text-align:right">1.16</td><td style="text-align:right">3</td><td style="text-align:right">+1</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#003399"></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">16,189</td><td style="text-align:right">0.69</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#ED2939"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Great_Order_Party" title="Great Order Party">Great Order Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">15,846</td><td style="text-align:right">0.68</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#022F56"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Motherland_Party_(Azerbaijan)" title="Motherland Party (Azerbaijan)">Motherland Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">12,587</td><td style="text-align:right">0.54</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#F29923"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Civic_Unity_Party_(Azerbaijan)" title="Civic Unity Party (Azerbaijan)">Civic Unity Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">11,983</td><td style="text-align:right">0.51</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#B48B1F"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Unity_Party_(Azerbaijan)" title="Unity Party (Azerbaijan)">Unity Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">11,347</td><td style="text-align:right">0.49</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#7C8EBC"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_Democratic_Enlightenment_Party" title="Azerbaijan Democratic Enlightenment Party">Azerbaijan Democratic Enlightenment Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">9,004</td><td style="text-align:right">0.39</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#ffea00"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_Hope_Party" title="Azerbaijan Hope Party">Azerbaijan Hope Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">7,565</td><td style="text-align:right">0.32</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#eee8aa"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Modern_Musavat_Party" title="Modern Musavat Party">Modern Musavat Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">6,844</td><td style="text-align:right">0.29</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#0B94C2"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_National_Independence_Party" title="Azerbaijan National Independence Party">Azerbaijan National Independence Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">6,688</td><td style="text-align:right">0.29</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#F8F9FA"></td><td><a href="/wiki/White_Party_(Azerbaijan)" title="White Party (Azerbaijan)">United Azerbaijan Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">6,358</td><td style="text-align:right">0.27</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#FBFB07"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_Democrat_Party" title="Azerbaijan Democrat Party">Azerbaijan Democrat Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">6,110</td><td style="text-align:right">0.26</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#333399"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Reforms_Party" title="Democratic Reforms Party">Democratic Reforms Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">5,533</td><td style="text-align:right">0.24</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#CC0000"></td><td><a href="/wiki/National_Revival_Movement_Party" title="National Revival Movement Party">National Revival Movement Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">4,980</td><td style="text-align:right">0.21</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">–1</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#F8F9FA"></td><td>Azerbaijan Free Republican Party</td><td style="text-align:right">2,637</td><td style="text-align:right">0.11</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#F8F9FA"></td><td>Azerbaijan People's Party</td><td style="text-align:right">2,330</td><td style="text-align:right">0.10</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#0000CD"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_Social_Prosperity_Party" title="Azerbaijan Social Prosperity Party">Azerbaijan Social Prosperity Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">1,508</td><td style="text-align:right">0.06</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">–1</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#F8F9FA"></td><td><a href="/wiki/National_Solidarity_Party_(Azerbaijan)" title="National Solidarity Party (Azerbaijan)">Democratic Azerbaijani World Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">1,202</td><td style="text-align:right">0.05</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#F8F9FA"></td><td>National Unity Party</td><td style="text-align:right">1,163</td><td style="text-align:right">0.05</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#F8F9FA"></td><td>Intellectuals Party</td><td style="text-align:right">1,029</td><td style="text-align:right">0.04</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:red"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_Communist_Party_(1993)" title="Azerbaijan Communist Party (1993)">Azerbaijan Communist Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">957</td><td style="text-align:right">0.04</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#C72127"></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">834</td><td style="text-align:right">0.04</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#F8F9FA"></td><td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Citizen_and_Development_Party&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Citizen and Development Party (page does not exist)">Citizen and Development Party</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C9%99t%C9%99nda%C5%9F_v%C9%99_%C4%B0nki%C5%9Faf_Partiyas%C4%B1" class="extiw" title="az:Vətəndaş və İnkişaf Partiyası">az</a>]</span></td><td style="text-align:right">798</td><td style="text-align:right">0.03</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#C20403"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Justice_Party_(Azerbaijan)" title="Justice Party (Azerbaijan)">Justice Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">766</td><td style="text-align:right">0.03</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#F8F9FA"></td><td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Azerbaijan_Liberal_Democratic_Party&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Azerbaijan Liberal Democratic Party (page does not exist)">Azerbaijan Liberal Democratic Party</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Az%C9%99rbaycan_Liberal_Demokrat_Partiyas%C4%B1" class="extiw" title="az:Azərbaycan Liberal Demokrat Partiyası">az</a>]</span></td><td style="text-align:right">638</td><td style="text-align:right">0.03</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#F8F9FA"></td><td>Azerbaijan Fighters Party</td><td style="text-align:right">74</td><td style="text-align:right">0.00</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#DCDCDC"></td><td>Independents</td><td style="text-align:right">1,155,884</td><td style="text-align:right">49.55</td><td style="text-align:right">41</td><td style="text-align:right">–2</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">Invalidated</td><td colspan="2"></td><td style="text-align:right">4</td><td style="text-align:right">–</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="font-weight:bold"><td colspan="2">Total</td><td style="text-align:right">2,332,852</td><td style="text-align:right">100.00</td><td style="text-align:right">125</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom"><td colspan="6" style="color:black;background:#eaecf0"></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;font-weight:normal;color:inherit;background:inherit">Valid votes</th><td>2,332,852</td><td>92.94</td><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;font-weight:normal;color:inherit;background:inherit">Invalid/blank votes</th><td>177,283</td><td>7.06</td><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="font-weight:bold;text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;background:inherit;color:inherit">Total votes</th><td>2,510,135</td><td>100.00</td><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;font-weight:normal;color:inherit;background:inherit">Registered voters/turnout</th><td>5,359,015</td><td>46.84</td><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><td colspan="6" style="text-align:left">Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.infocenter.gov.az/archive/millimeclis2020.aspx?i=1&dsk=1">MSK</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://data.ipu.org/node/11/elections?chamber_id=13329">IPU</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cabinet_of_Ministers">Cabinet of Ministers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Politics_of_Azerbaijan&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Cabinet of Ministers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></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/Cabinet_of_Azerbaijan" title="Cabinet of Azerbaijan">Cabinet of Azerbaijan</a></div> <p>The Cabinet of Ministers is the chief executive body under the authority of the President. The Prime Minister. Deputy Prime Ministers, Ministers, and Heads of other central executive organs are appointed and dismissed by the President. The Cabinet dissolves on the start of term by the newly elected President, who instead appoints a new Cabinet. </p><p>The powers of the Cabinet include drafting the state budget and presenting it to the president, executing the budget, implementing state economic and social programs, securing financial and credit and monetary policy, managing ministries and other executive bodies of the Republic of Azerbaijan.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/8th_Government_of_Azerbaijan" title="8th Government of Azerbaijan">8th Government of Azerbaijan</a> is the cabinet in its current formation. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Judicial_branch">Judicial branch</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Politics_of_Azerbaijan&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Judicial branch"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></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/Judiciary_of_Azerbaijan" title="Judiciary of Azerbaijan">Judiciary of Azerbaijan</a></div> <p>Although the Azerbaijan constitution nominally guarantees judicial independence, the executive firmly controls judges and prosecutors.<sup id="cite_ref-:02_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:02-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Judges and prosecutors collaborate in Azerbaijan to repress political opponents.<sup id="cite_ref-:02_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:02-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Judicial power is administered by the Constitutional Court, the Supreme Court, the courts of appeal, ordinary and specialised courts. The judicial system and legal proceedings are determined by law, and the establishment of extraordinary courts is prohibited. The <a href="/wiki/Supreme_court" title="Supreme court">Supreme Court</a> of Azerbaijan is a supreme judicial body on civil, criminal and other cases related to the execution of general and specialized courts. The <a href="/wiki/Constitutional_Court_of_Azerbaijan" title="Constitutional Court of Azerbaijan">Constitutional Court of Azerbaijan</a> is the supreme body of constitutional justice on the matters attributed to its jurisdiction by the Constitution, with authority to interpret and apply the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Azerbaijan" title="Constitution of Azerbaijan">Constitution of Azerbaijan</a>. The Constitutional Court consists of nine judges appointed for a non-renewable 15-year term. Judges of Constitutional Court of the Republic of Azerbaijan are appointed by Milli Majlis (National Assembly) of the Republic of Azerbaijan on recommendation by the <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Republic_of_Azerbaijan" class="mw-redirect" title="President of the Republic of Azerbaijan">President of the Republic of Azerbaijan</a>. Any person may appeal before it for the restoration of their infringed rights and freedoms. The 2003 Law on the Constitutional Court defines the Court's activities, as well as the status and duties of its judges. The Court's decisions are published and their execution is mandatory.<sup id="cite_ref-Council_of_Europe_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Council_of_Europe-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The court system comprises three levels. The first level includes 86 district/city courts, 5 serious crime courts, 6 military courts and 7 economic courts. Cases are heard by a single judge or a panel of judges. The second level consists of 6 courts of appeal (“higher courts”), and the third level - the Supreme Court - is the highest judicial body for civil, criminal, economic and military matters. It reviews the decisions of appeal courts and clarifies judicial practice. The courts in the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic are part of the court system. The Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic Supreme Court serves as the appeal instance and its rulings are considered in cassation by the Supreme Court of Azerbaijan.<sup id="cite_ref-Council_of_Europe_13-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Council_of_Europe-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to the Constitution of the Azerbaijan Republic, the Prosecutor's Office is defined as a part of the Judicial branch. Prosecutors Office exercises control over fulfilment and application of laws within the legal framework; in cases envisaged by law it undertakes prosecution and carries out investigation; supports state accusation in the court of law; proposes actions in the court of law; and appeals against decisions of the court of law.<sup id="cite_ref-en.president.az_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-en.president.az-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Nakhchivan_Autonomous_Republic">Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Politics_of_Azerbaijan&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Nakhchivan_Autonomous_Republic" title="Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic">Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic</a> is <a href="/wiki/Autonomous_state" class="mw-redirect" title="Autonomous state">autonomous state</a> within the Republic of Azerbaijan.<sup id="cite_ref-en.president.az_14-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-en.president.az-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Municipalities">Municipalities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Politics_of_Azerbaijan&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Municipalities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Local self-government in Azerbaijan is exercised by municipalities. Elections to municipalities and the status of municipalities are determined by the National Assembly of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Within the framework of the sovereignty of the Republic of Azerbaijan, municipalities are independent in exercising their powers. The state controls the implementation of the activities of municipalities. The municipalities submit the activity report to the National Assembly of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Municipalities are responsible to the citizens of the Republic of Azerbaijan. </p><p>Every citizen of the Republic of Azerbaijan, who has the right to participate in elections and who permanently resides in the respective constituencies, may be elected as a member of the municipality. Elections to the municipality are held every 5 years. </p><p>Municipalities organize their work through meetings that are convened by the chairman of municipalities. The chairman is elected at the meetings of the municipality. In addition, the rules of the local government, the powers of its members, the local budget and its implementation, taxes and fees are approved at meetings, local programs of social security, social and economic development, and economic programs are adopted. In the municipalities of the Republic of Azerbaijan, decisions are taken by a majority of the members of the municipality.<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> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Administrative_divisions">Administrative divisions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Politics_of_Azerbaijan&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Administrative divisions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236075235">.mw-parser-output .navbox{box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;width:100%;clear:both;font-size:88%;text-align:center;padding:1px;margin:1em auto 0}.mw-parser-output .navbox 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title="Agdash District">Agdash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aghjabadi_District" title="Aghjabadi District">Aghjabadi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agstafa_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Agstafa District">Agstafa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agsu_District" title="Agsu District">Agsu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astara_District" title="Astara District">Astara</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Babek_District" title="Babek District">Babek</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balakan_District" title="Balakan District">Balakan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barda_District" title="Barda District">Barda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beylagan_District" title="Beylagan District">Beylagan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bilasuvar_District" title="Bilasuvar District">Bilasuvar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dashkasan_District" title="Dashkasan District">Dashkasan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fuzuli_District" title="Fuzuli District">Fuzuli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gadabay_District" title="Gadabay District">Gadabay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goranboy_District" title="Goranboy District">Goranboy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goychay_District" title="Goychay District">Goychay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goygol_District" title="Goygol District">Goygol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hajigabul_District" title="Hajigabul District">Hajigabul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imishli_District" title="Imishli District">Imishli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ismayilli_District" title="Ismayilli District">Ismayilli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jabrayil_District" title="Jabrayil District">Jabrayil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jalilabad_District_(Azerbaijan)" title="Jalilabad District (Azerbaijan)">Jalilabad</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Julfa_District" title="Julfa District">Julfa</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalbajar_District" title="Kalbajar District">Kalbajar</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Kangarli_District" title="Kangarli District">Kangarli</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khachmaz_District" title="Khachmaz District">Khachmaz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khizi_District" title="Khizi District">Khizi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khojaly_District" title="Khojaly District">Khojaly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khojavend_District" title="Khojavend District">Khojavend</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurdamir_District" title="Kurdamir District">Kurdamir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lachin_District" title="Lachin District">Lachin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lankaran_District" title="Lankaran District">Lankaran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lerik_District" title="Lerik District">Lerik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masally_District" title="Masally District">Masally</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neftchala_District" title="Neftchala District">Neftchala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oghuz_District" title="Oghuz District">Oghuz</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ordubad_District" title="Ordubad District">Ordubad</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qabala_District" title="Qabala District">Qabala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qakh_District" title="Qakh District">Qakh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qazakh_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Qazakh District">Qazakh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gobustan_District" title="Gobustan District">Gobustan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quba_District_(Azerbaijan)" title="Quba District (Azerbaijan)">Quba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qubadli_District" title="Qubadli District">Qubadli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qusar_District" title="Qusar District">Qusar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saatly_District" title="Saatly District">Saatly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sabirabad_District" title="Sabirabad District">Sabirabad</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sadarak_District" title="Sadarak District">Sadarak</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salyan_District_(Azerbaijan)" title="Salyan District (Azerbaijan)">Salyan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samukh_District" title="Samukh District">Samukh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shabran_District" title="Shabran District">Shabran</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Shahbuz_District" title="Shahbuz District">Shahbuz</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shaki_District" title="Shaki District">Shaki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shamakhi_District" title="Shamakhi District">Shamakhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shamkir_District" title="Shamkir District">Shamkir</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sharur_District" title="Sharur District">Sharur</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shusha_District" title="Shusha District">Shusha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siyazan_District" title="Siyazan District">Siyazan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tartar_District" title="Tartar District">Tartar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tovuz_District" title="Tovuz District">Tovuz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ujar_District" title="Ujar District">Ujar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yardimli_District" title="Yardimli District">Yardimli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yevlakh_District" title="Yevlakh District">Yevlakh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zangilan_District" title="Zangilan District">Zangilan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zagatala_District" title="Zagatala District">Zagatala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zardab_District" title="Zardab District">Zardab</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_Azerbaijan.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/76px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="76" height="38" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/114px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/152px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Cities</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baku" title="Baku">Baku</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ganja,_Azerbaijan" title="Ganja, Azerbaijan">Ganja</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stepanakert" title="Stepanakert">Khankendi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lankaran" title="Lankaran">Lankaran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mingachevir" title="Mingachevir">Mingachevir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naftalan,_Azerbaijan" title="Naftalan, Azerbaijan">Naftalan</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Nakhchivan_(city)" title="Nakhchivan (city)">Nakhchivan</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shaki,_Azerbaijan" title="Shaki, Azerbaijan">Shaki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C5%9Eirvan,_Azerbaijan" title="Şirvan, Azerbaijan">Shirvan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sumgait" title="Sumgait">Sumgait</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yevlakh" title="Yevlakh">Yevlakh</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Towns</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/Aghdam" title="Aghdam">Aghdam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aghdara" class="mw-redirect" title="Aghdara">Aghdara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agdash,_Azerbaijan" title="Agdash, Azerbaijan">Agdash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aghjabadi" title="Aghjabadi">Aghjabadi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agstafa" title="Agstafa">Agstafa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agsu_(city)" title="Agsu (city)">Agsu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astara,_Azerbaijan" title="Astara, Azerbaijan">Astara</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Babek_(city)" class="mw-redirect" title="Babek (city)">Babek</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balak%C9%99n" title="Balakən">Balakən</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barda,_Azerbaijan" title="Barda, Azerbaijan">Barda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beylagan_(city)" title="Beylagan (city)">Beylagan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bil%C9%99suvar" title="Biləsuvar">Bilasuvar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dashkasan_(city)" title="Dashkasan (city)">Dashkasan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fuzuli_(city)" title="Fuzuli (city)">Fuzuli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G%C9%99d%C9%99b%C9%99y" title="Gədəbəy">Gadabay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goranboy_(city)" title="Goranboy (city)">Goranboy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goychay_(city)" title="Goychay (city)">Goychay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goygol_(city)" title="Goygol (city)">Goygol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hajiqabul" title="Hajiqabul">Hajiqabul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imishli_(city)" title="Imishli (city)">Imishli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ismayilli" title="Ismayilli">Ismayilli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jabrayil" title="Jabrayil">Jabrayil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C%C9%99lilabad" title="Cəlilabad">Jalilabad</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Julfa,_Azerbaijan_(city)" title="Julfa, Azerbaijan (city)">Julfa</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalbajar" title="Kalbajar">Kalbajar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khachmaz_(city)" title="Khachmaz (city)">Khachmaz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khizi" title="Khizi">Khizi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martuni,_Nagorno-Karabakh" title="Martuni, Nagorno-Karabakh">Khojavend</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khojaly_(town)" class="mw-redirect" title="Khojaly (town)">Khojaly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/X%C4%B1rdalan" title="Xırdalan">Khirdalan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurdamir" title="Kurdamir">Kurdamir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lachin" title="Lachin">Lachin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lerik,_Azerbaijan" title="Lerik, Azerbaijan">Lerik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masall%C4%B1" title="Masallı">Masally</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neft%C3%A7ala" title="Neftçala">Neftchala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/O%C4%9Fuz_(city)" title="Oğuz (city)">Oğuz</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ordubad" title="Ordubad">Ordubad</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qabala" title="Qabala">Gabala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qakh_(city)" title="Qakh (city)">Qakh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qazax" title="Qazax">Gazakh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gobustan_(town)" title="Gobustan (town)">Gobustan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quba" title="Quba">Quba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qubadli" title="Qubadli">Qubadli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qusar_(city)" title="Qusar (city)">Qusar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saatl%C4%B1_(city)" title="Saatlı (city)">Saatly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sabirabad_(city)" title="Sabirabad (city)">Sabirabad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salyan,_Azerbaijan" title="Salyan, Azerbaijan">Salyan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C5%9Eabran" title="Şabran">Shabran</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/%C5%9Eahbuz" title="Şahbuz">Shahbuz</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shamakhi" title="Shamakhi">Shamakhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C5%9E%C9%99mkir" class="mw-redirect" title="Şəmkir">Shamkir</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sharur" title="Sharur">Sharur</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shusha" title="Shusha">Shusha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siyazan" title="Siyazan">Siyazan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tartar_(city)" title="Tartar (city)">Tartar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tovuz,_Azerbaijan" title="Tovuz, Azerbaijan">Tovuz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ucar,_Azerbaijan" title="Ucar, Azerbaijan">Ujar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yard%C4%B1ml%C4%B1" title="Yardımlı">Yardimli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zangilan" title="Zangilan">Zangilan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zaqatala_(city)" title="Zaqatala (city)">Zagatala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zardab_(city)" title="Zardab (city)">Zardab</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3"><div>Names in <i>italics</i> indicate parts of the <a href="/wiki/Nakhchivan_Autonomous_Republic" title="Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic">Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Foreign_relations">Foreign relations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Politics_of_Azerbaijan&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Foreign relations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></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/Foreign_relations_of_Azerbaijan" title="Foreign relations of Azerbaijan">Foreign relations of Azerbaijan</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a> is a member of the United Nations, the <a href="/wiki/Organization_for_Security_and_Cooperation_in_Europe" class="mw-redirect" title="Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe">Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe</a>, <a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Partnership_for_Peace" title="Partnership for Peace">Partnership for Peace</a>, <a href="/wiki/Euro-Atlantic_Partnership_Council" title="Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council">Euro-Atlantic Partnership</a>, <a href="/wiki/World_Health_Organization" title="World Health Organization">World Health Organization</a>, the <a href="/wiki/European_Bank_for_Reconstruction_and_Development" title="European Bank for Reconstruction and Development">European Bank for Reconstruction and Development</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Council_of_Europe" title="Council of Europe">Council of Europe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Treaty_on_Conventional_Armed_Forces_in_Europe" title="Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe">CFE Treaty</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Community_of_Democracies" title="Community of Democracies">Community of Democracies</a>, the <a href="/wiki/International_Monetary_Fund" title="International Monetary Fund">International Monetary Fund</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/World_Bank" title="World Bank">World Bank</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a> (the first country to recognize Azerbaijan's independence) has been a staunch supporter of Azerbaijan in its efforts to consolidate its independence, preserve its territorial integrity and realize its economic potential arising from the rich natural resources of the <a href="/wiki/Caspian_Sea" title="Caspian Sea">Caspian Sea</a>. The Turkish cultural close ties with Azerbaijan is summarized by the slogan "One nation, two countries". </p><p><a href="/wiki/Armenia" title="Armenia">Armenia</a> supports ethnic Armenians in the <a href="/wiki/Nagorno-Karabakh" title="Nagorno-Karabakh">Nagorno-Karabakh</a> region of Azerbaijan in the longstanding and very bitter separatist conflict against the Azerbaijani Government; the two countries are still at war, a cease-fire has been in place since 1994 but the fire has been renewed on 27 September 2020. (<i>See <a href="/wiki/Nagorno-Karabakh_conflict" title="Nagorno-Karabakh conflict">Nagorno-Karabakh conflict</a> and <a href="/wiki/Second_Nagorno-Karabakh_War" title="Second Nagorno-Karabakh War">Second Nagorno-Karabakh War</a></i>). </p><p>Azerbaijan is one of the few countries with predominantly Muslim populations that shares a strategic alliance with Israel. Today, Israel is a major arms supplier to the country. (<i>See <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan%E2%80%93Israel_relations" title="Azerbaijan–Israel relations">Azerbaijan–Israel relations</a></i>). </p><p>Azerbaijan also maintains good relations with the <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a>, in the framework of its Eastern <a href="/wiki/European_Neighbourhood_Policy" title="European Neighbourhood Policy">European Neighbourhood Policy</a> (<i>See <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Azerbaijan–European Union relations">Azerbaijan–European Union relations</a></i>). </p><p>Azerbaijan was elected as one of the members of the newly established <a href="/wiki/Human_Rights_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Human Rights Council">Human Rights Council</a> (HRC) by the General Assembly on May 9, 2006. Term of office began on June 19, 2006. <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.un.org/ga/60/elect/hrc/">[1]</a> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Military">Military</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Politics_of_Azerbaijan&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Military"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></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/Military_of_Azerbaijan" class="mw-redirect" title="Military of Azerbaijan">Military of Azerbaijan</a></div> <p>The Azerbaijan Armed Forces consists of four military branches: the army, navy, air force, and air defense forces. The national armed forces of Azerbaijan were formed by presidential decree in October 1991. </p><p>In July 1992, Azerbaijan ratified the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE), which establishes comprehensive limits on key categories of conventional military equipment and provides for the destruction of weaponry in excess of those limits. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Politics_of_Azerbaijan&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Heydar_Aliyev%27s_cult_of_personality" title="Heydar Aliyev's cult of personality">Heydar Aliyev's cult of personality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judiciary_of_Azerbaijan" title="Judiciary of Azerbaijan">Judiciary of Azerbaijan</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Politics_of_Azerbaijan&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 40em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://freedomhouse.org/country/azerbaijan">"Azerbaijan: Country Profile"</a>. <i>Freedom House</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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culture">Kura–Araxes culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nakhchivan_culture" title="Nakhchivan culture">Nakhchivan culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khojaly%E2%80%93Gadabay_culture" title="Khojaly–Gadabay culture">Khojaly–Gadabay culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shulaveri%E2%80%93Shomu_culture" title="Shulaveri–Shomu culture">Shulaveri–Shomu culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mughan_culture" class="mw-redirect" title="Mughan culture">Mughan culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jar-Burial_Culture" class="mw-redirect" title="Jar-Burial Culture">Jar-Burial Culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leyla-Tepe_culture" title="Leyla-Tepe culture">Leyla-Tepe culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Achaemenid_Empire" title="Achaemenid Empire">Achaemenid Empire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caucasian_Albania" title="Caucasian Albania">Caucasian Albania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parthian_Empire" title="Parthian Empire">Parthian Empire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arran_(Caucasus)" title="Arran (Caucasus)">Arran (Caucasus)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sasanian_Empire" title="Sasanian Empire">Sasanian Empire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shirvan" title="Shirvan">Shirvan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Middle Ages</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/Sajid_dynasty" title="Sajid dynasty">Sajid dynasty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sallarid_dynasty" title="Sallarid dynasty">Sallarid dynasty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shaddadids" title="Shaddadids">Shaddadids</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shirvanshah" class="mw-redirect" title="Shirvanshah">Shirvanshahs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eldiguzids" title="Eldiguzids">Eldiguzids</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ilkhanate" title="Ilkhanate">Ilkhanate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kara_Koyunlu" class="mw-redirect" title="Kara Koyunlu">Kara Koyunlu</a></li> <li><a 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Modern</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/Armenian%E2%80%93Tatar_massacres_of_1905%E2%80%931907" title="Armenian–Tatar massacres of 1905–1907">Armenian–Tatar massacres</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_Days" title="March Days">March Days</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenian%E2%80%93Azerbaijani_war_(1918%E2%80%931920)" title="Armenian–Azerbaijani war (1918–1920)">Armenian–Azerbaijani war (1918–1920)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_Democratic_Republic" title="Azerbaijan Democratic Republic">Azerbaijan Democratic Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_Soviet_Socialist_Republic" title="Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic">Soviet Azerbaijan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Nagorno-Karabakh_War" title="First Nagorno-Karabakh War">First Nagorno-Karabakh War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_January" title="Black January">Black January</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Azerbaijan#Independent_Azerbaijan" title="History of Azerbaijan">Independent Azerbaijan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Nagorno-Karabakh_War" title="Second Nagorno-Karabakh War">Second Nagorno-Karabakh War</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">By topic</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/History_of_the_name_Azerbaijan" class="mw-redirect" title="History of the name Azerbaijan">History of the name Azerbaijan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Land_of_Fire" title="The Land of Fire">The Land of Fire</a></li></ul> </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 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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 class="mw-selflink selflink">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 political parties in Azerbaijan">Political parties</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Politics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Azerbaijan" title="President of Azerbaijan">President</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Azerbaijan" title="Prime Minister of 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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 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