The following lists events that happened during

2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the Apri ...

in the Republic of Azerbaijan.

Incumbents

* President:

Ilham Aliyev Ilham Heydar oghlu Aliyev ( az, İlham Heydər oğlu Əliyev, ; born 24 December 1961) is the fourth president of Azerbaijan, serving in the post since 31 October 2003. The son and second child of the former Azerbaijani leader Heydar Aliyev, ...

* Prime Minister:

Artur Rasizade Artur Tahir oghlu Rasizade ( az, Artur Tahir oğlu Rasizadə; born 26 February 1935) is an Azerbaijani politician who served as the Prime Minister of Azerbaijan from 1996 until 2003, and again from 2003 until 2018. Rasizade was a long-time Communis ...

* Speaker: Ogtay Asadov

Events

January

* January 3 - Azerbaijan is reported to have gotten casualties from a subversive act during the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

February

* February 26 - The General Assembly of Pennsylvania State of the United States adopted a resolution recognizing Khojaly Massacre.

April

* April 10 - British Airways Flight 144, serviced by an

Airbus A321 The Airbus A321 is a member of the Airbus A320 family of short to medium range, narrow-body, commercial passenger twin engine jet airliners; it carries 185 to 236 passengers. It has a stretched fuselage which was the first derivative of the ba ...

, makes an emergency landing in

Baku Baku (, ; az, Bakı ) is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region. Baku is located below sea level, which makes it the lowest lying national capital in the world a ...

due to engine fire, passengers and crew are not harmed.

May

* May 18 - The 3rd World Forum on Intercultural Dialogue *May 19 - 16 people are killed in a building fire in Baku.

June

* June 12–28 -

2015 European Games The 2015 European Games, also known as Baku 2015 or Baku 2015 European Games ( az, Bakı 2015 Avropa Oyunları), were the inaugural edition of the European Games, an international multi-sport event for athletes representing the National Olympic ...

: Azerbaijan hosts the inaugural edition of the European games.

July

* July 4 - Nagorno-Karabakh conflict ** Two Armenian drones are shot down by the Azerbaijani military over Azeri positions. * July 9 - Azerbaijan Pavilion - Expo Milano 2015, **Azerbaijan Pavilion - Expo Milano 2015

November

Parliamentary elections A general election is a political voting election where generally all or most members of a given political body are chosen. These are usually held for a nation, state, or territory's primary legislative body, and are different from by-elections ( ...

was held.

References

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