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ominantly communist supreme soviet and transferred its functions to the 50 member upper house of the legislature the national council elections in june 1992 resulted in the selection of pfp leader abulfaz elchibey 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 the national council conferred presidential powers upon its new speaker heydar aliyev former first secretary of the azerbaijani communist party 1969 81 and later a member of the soviet union s politburo the kgb and ussr deputy prime minister until 1987 elchibey was formally deposed by a national referendum 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 8 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 october 2003 presidential elections i̇lham aliyev was the winner and was sworn in as president at the end of the same month and rasizade was appointed premier again president ilham aliyev and his new azerbaijan party 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 election that was boycotted by the main opposition parties as fraudulent 9 according to a 2025 survey the main issues in azerbaijan were unemployment low salaries and poverty 10 executive branch edit ilham aliyev president of azerbaijan see also president of azerbaijan and cabinet of azerbaijan main office holders office name party since president i̇lham aliyev new azerbaijan party yap 15 october 2003 vice president mehriban aliyeva new azerbaijan party yap 21 february 2017 prime minister ali asadov independent 8 october 2019 president is the head of the state and chief of the executive branch the people elect the president the vice president is appointed by the president and the prime minister is nominated by the president and confirmed by the national assembly of azerbaijan 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 since 2008 the constitution of azerbaijan was amended abolishing any term limit for the office of president 11 last constitutional reform took place in september 2016 and introduced the office of vice president president edit according to the constitution of the republic of azerbaijan the president of the republic of azerbaijan is the head of state and possesses 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 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 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 the constitution endows the president with the following powers appointment and dismissal of vice presidents designation of elections to the national assembly of the republic of azerbaijan proposal of the annual budget and military doctrine to the national assembly approval of economic and social policies appointment and dismissal of the prime minister of the republic of azerbaijan with the consent of the national assembly nomination of the judges of the constitutional court supreme court appellate courts and other courts with approval from the national assembly assignment and dismissal of the prosecutor general of the republic of azerbaijan with the consent of the milli mejlis creation of local and central executive bodies appointment and dissolution of the cabinet of ministers of the republic of azerbaijan appointment and dismissal of members of the cabinet of ministers of the republic of azerbaijan revocation of the decision of the cabinet of ministers appointment and dismissal of the command staff of the armed forces of the republic of azerbaijan formation of the administration of the president of the republic of azerbaijan appointment of the head of the administration of the president of the republic of azerbaijan formation of the security council of the republic of azerbaijan call for referendum call of early elections pardon of prisoners bestowment of state decorations and honorary titles promulgation and publication of laws declaration of a state of emergency or martial law the declaration of war and the conclusion of peace with the consent of the milli majlis 12 vice presidents edit 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 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 13 legislative branch edit see also national assembly of azerbaijan and list of azerbaijan legislation the national assembly of azerbaijan azerbaijani milli məclis is the legislative branch of government in azerbaijan the unicameral national assembly consists of 125 deputies elected in single member constituencies 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 as incapable by a 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 14 every year the 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 15 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 speaker of milli majlis assisted by the first deputy speaker and two deputy speakers ogtay asadov is the current speaker of the assembly ziyafet asgarov is the first deputy speaker and bahar muradova and valeh alasgarov are deputy speakers 16 currently for the term of 2015 2010 21 women and 104 men deputies are elected in national assembly the national assembly is divided into 15 committees according to the areas they are focused 17 its structure also includes chamber of accounts toponymic commission disciplinary commission and azerbaijan newspaper 18 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 nakhchivan autonomous republic 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 14 15 political parties and elections edit main articles list of political parties in azerbaijan and elections in azerbaijan azerbaijan is considered a one party dominant state opposition parties against the new azerbaijan party 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 the ruling new azerbaijan party headed by ilham aliyev controls all the electoral commissions in azerbaijan 19 presidential elections edit main article 2018 azerbaijani presidential election candidate party votes ilham aliyev new azerbaijan party 3 394 898 86 02 zahid oruj independent 122 956 3 12 sardar jalaloglu azerbaijan democratic party 119 621 3 03 gudrat hasanguliyev whole azerbaijan popular front party 119 311 3 02 hafiz hajiyev modern equality party 59 924 1 52 araz alizadeh azerbaijani social democratic party 54 533 1 38 faraj guliyev national revival movement party 45 967 1 16 razi nurullayev independent 29 229 0 74 total 3 946 439 100 00 valid votes 3 946 439 99 69 invalid blank votes 12 413 0 31 total votes 3 958 852 100 00 registered voters turnout 5 332 817 74 24 source cec parliamentary elections edit main article 2020 azerbaijani parliamentary election party votes seats new azerbaijan party 976 163 41 84 70 1 musavat 38 714 1 66 0 0 civic solidarity party 27 121 1 16 3 1 whole azerbaijan popular front party 16 189 0 69 1 0 great order party 15 846 0 68 1 0 motherland party 12 587 0 54 1 0 civic unity party 11 983 0 51 1 0 unity party 11 347 0 49 1 0 azerbaijan democratic enlightenment party 9 004 0 39 1 0 azerbaijan hope party 7 565 0 32 0 0 modern musavat party 6 844 0 29 0 new azerbaijan national independence party 6 688 0 29 0 0 united azerbaijan party 6 358 0 27 0 new azerbaijan democrat party 6 110 0 26 0 0 democratic reforms party 5 533 0 24 1 0 national revival movement party 4 980 0 21 0 1 azerbaijan free republican party 2 637 0 11 0 new azerbaijan people s party 2 330 0 10 0 0 azerbaijan social prosperity party 1 508 0 06 0 1 democratic azerbaijani world party 1 202 0 05 0 0 national unity party 1 163 0 05 0 new intellectuals party 1 029 0 04 0 new azerbaijan communist party 957 0 04 0 0 great azerbaijan party 834 0 04 0 0 citizen and development party az 798 0 03 0 0 justice party 766 0 03 0 0 azerbaijan liberal democratic party az 638 0 03 0 new azerbaijan fighters party 74 0 00 0 new independents 1 155 884 49 55 41 2 invalidated 4 total 2 332 852 100 00 125 0 valid votes 2 332 852 92 94 invalid blank votes 177 283 7 06 total votes 2 510 135 100 00 registered voters turnout 5 359 015 46 84 source msk ipu cabinet of ministers edit main article cabinet of azerbaijan 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 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 20 the 8th government of azerbaijan is the cabinet in its current formation judicial branch edit main article judiciary of azerbaijan although the azerbaijan constitution nominally guarantees judicial independence the executive firmly controls judges and prosecutors 21 judges and prosecutors collaborate in azerbaijan to repress political opponents 21 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 supreme court of azerbaijan is a supreme judicial body on civil criminal and other cases related to the execution of general and specialized courts the constitutional court of azerbaijan is the supreme body of constitutional justice on the matters attributed to its jurisdiction by the constitution with authority to interpret and apply the constitution of azerbaijan 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 president of the republic of azerbaijan 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 14 the court system comprises three levels the first level includes 86 district city courts 5 s...