The Republic of Azerbaijan is a member of the United Nations, the Non-Aligned Movement, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, NATO's Partnership for Peace, the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council, the World Health Organization, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development; the Council of Europe, CFE Treaty, the Community of Democracies; the International Monetary Fund; and the World Bank.
Heydar Alirza oglu Aliyev was an Azerbaijani politician who served as the third President of Azerbaijan from October 1993 to October 2003. As national president he held constitutional powers, but his influence on Azerbaijani politics had begun years earlier. As a young man he had joined the Azerbaijan SSR People's Commissariat for State Security (NKGB) and quickly rose to the rank of Major-General.
The Azerbaijan Liberal Party is a liberal political party in Azerbaijan.
Ali Karimli born Ali Amirhuseyn oglu Karimov is an Azeri politician and the head of the reformist wing of the Azerbaijan Popular Front Party (APFP).
A presidential election was held in Azerbaijan on 15 October 2008. Ilham Aliyev of the New Azerbaijan Party was re-elected with 87% of the votes, according to official results. Several major political parties, including Musavat, the Azerbaijan Popular Front Party, Azerbaijan Liberal Party, and the Azerbaijan Democratic Party boycotted the vote because of alleged poll-fixing and oppression of political opponents.
In 1991 Azerbaijan recovered its independence from the Soviet Union which was recognized by Greece in December 31, 1991. Diplomatic relations established in 1992. The Greek embassy in Baku was opened in the spring of 1993. The embassy of Azerbaijan in Athens was opened in August 2004.
Ilham Heydar oglu Aliyev is an Azerbaijani politician who is the fourth president of Azerbaijan, in office since 2003. He also functions as the Chairman of the New Azerbaijan Party, Non Aligned Movement and the head of Azerbaijan's National Olympic Committee.
Heydar Aliyev Order - supreme order of Azerbaijani Republic. The order was ratified by legislation of Azerbaijan Republic by the Decree No. 896-IIQ on April 22, 2005. The Heydar Aliyev Order is given to the citizens of the ElRepublic of Azerbaijan for special contributions to the prosperity, greatness and glory of Azerbaijan; for courage and bravery displayed in defense of the Motherland and state interests of the Azerbaijan Republic. The Order is given to the President of Azerbaijan according to status.
Extreme Azerbaijan was the Azerbaijani version of the popular show Survivor, which was broadcast on Space TV starting on June 4, 2011. The show took place in the country of Namibia. Twelve celebrities took part in the competition. These twelve celebrities were divided into two teams of six called the blue and yellow teams. Filming for the show wrapped on June 7, 2011, after fourteen days of competition. The identity of the winner and how they may have won is not currently known, but what is known is that the contestants took part in such activities as mountain climbing, parachuting, scuba diving, and zorbing. The main host for the show was Emin Əhmədov.
Gular Mikayil qizi Ahmadova, née Aliyeva, is a retired Azerbaijani politician, former member of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan and former member of the ruling New Azerbaijan Party. She gained notoriety in 2012 after a video shot on a hidden camera was released, featuring Ahmadova negotiating a bribe sum with lawyer and fellow party member Elshad Abdullayev to help arrange, among other things, his election to the Azerbaijani parliament. The corruption scandal which ensued became known as Gulargate and led to Ahmadova's stepping down as an MP and later arrest and expulsion from the party. She was sentenced to three years in prison for embezzlement and failure to report a grave offence, but her prison term was suspended 14 months into the sentence.
The Constitutional Court of Azerbaijan Republic is an independent state body of the Republic of Azerbaijan which jurisdiction is prescribed by the Constitution of Azerbaijan. The Constitutional Court gives interpretation of the Constitution and laws based on petitions of the President of Republic, Milli Majlis, Cabinet of Ministers, Supreme Court, Prosecutor’s Office and Ali Majlis of Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic.
The State Security Service of the Republic of Azerbaijan is a government agency established on the base of Ministry of National Security of Azerbaijan. Its incumbent Chairman is Ali Naghiyev, and the Deputy Chairman is Ismayıl Baghirov.
Bahar Avaz Muradova is an Azerbaijani politician affiliated to the New Azerbaijan Party and deputy speaker of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan since 2005.
Azerbaijan–Brazil relations refers to the bilateral relations between Azerbaijan and Brazil.
The following lists events that happened during 2012 in the Republic of Azerbaijan.
The COVID-19 pandemic in Azerbaijan is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus was confirmed to have spread to Azerbaijan when its first case was confirmed in February 2020.
Ali Muhammed oglu Huseynli is a political figure, candidate of juridical sciences, member of the New Azerbaijan Party, assistant to the Chairman of the Milli Majlis of the Azerbaijan [SA1] (1996-2000), Deputy of the Milli Majlis, member of the working groups on Inter-parliamentary relations Azerbaijan-Estonia, Azerbaijan-Algeria, Azerbaijan-Ukraine, Azerbaijan-Japan, member of the Azerbaijani representatives in the parliamentary Assembly of the European Council, Deputy Chairman of the Commission on Legal Affairs of the IPA CIS, Chairman of the Legal Policies and State Structuring Committee of Milli Majlis, first Deputy Chairman of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan.
Azerbaijan–Venezuela relations are bilateral relations between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in political, socio-economic, cultural and other spheres.
The 2020 Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes began on 12 July 2020 between the Armenian Armed Forces and Azerbaijani Armed Forces. Initial clashes occurred near Movses in Tavush Province of Armenia, and Ağdam in Tovuz District of Azerbaijan at the Armenian–Azerbaijani state border.
