The New Azerbaijan Party ( az, Yeni Azərbaycan Partiyası, YAP) is the ruling
political party in
Azerbaijan, founded on 21 November 1992 under the leadership of
Heydar Aliyev. After his election as
President of Azerbaijan on 3 October 1993, and the party's victory at 1995 parliamentary elections, YAP became the ruling party, a position it has held since. 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, ...
has been chairman of YAP since its 3rd congress held on 26 March 2005.
YAP is a member of the
International Conference of Asian Political Parties
The International Conference of Asian Political Parties (ICAPP) is a forum of political parties of Asia-Oceanian countries, which was launched in Manila, Philippines in September 2000. The objectives of the conference are to promote exchanges an ...
(ICAPP) and an observer member of the
Centrist Democrat International.
Ideology
The party's stated ideologies are
lawfulness,
secularism, and
Azerbaijani nationalism. It wants to build a "
social-oriented" economy, and lists civil
solidarity
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and
social justice as the basis of its ideology.
The founder of the party, Heydar Aliyev, was a member of the
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
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until July 1991.
The New Azerbaijan Party's program highlights the main tasks aimed at strengthening the state independency, building the
democratic
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*A proponent of democracy, or democratic government; a form of government involving rule by the people.
*A member of a Democratic Party:
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,
legal and
secular state and ensuring the peaceful and prosperous life of the citizens. The principles of an independent state, lawfulness, creative progress, Azerbaijanism, civil solidarity and social justice have been declared as the basis of the party's ideology.
Rights
The members of party are ensured with following rights:
* to elect and to be elected to authorities of the party;
* to take part freely in the determination of the party's policy and in the discussion of issues related to its activities;
* to participate in the events organized by the party
* to make suggestions for realizing the goals and tasks of the party;
* to use the party's support;
* to discuss and criticize freely all issues related to the party's policy as well as all activities of its bodies;
* to stop being membership in the party or to leave the party.
Organizational structure
* YAP implements its activity all over the territory of Azerbaijan.
* The initial party organization is based on the territorial principle.
* The decision to establish the initial party organization is adopted by foundation meeting with participation at least three members of the YAP and approved by the Executive Board of the district-city organizations. A party member can be registered only in the one party organization.
* The guiding body of the initial party organization is a general assembly. The general assembly is held at least once every three months. The assembly is available by participation of more than half of the members registered in the initial party organization. Decisions are approved by simple majority of votes.
Congresses
* The 1st Congress of the party was held on 20–21 December 1999, with the participation of more than 2,000 members of the party from different regions of the country, as well as more than 30 foreign representatives.
* The 2nd Congress of the New Azerbaijan Party was held in Baku on 21 November 2001. Some amendments were made to the Charter.
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, ...
was elected as a deputy chairman of the party.
Heydar Aliyev delivered a speech at the congress. 1952 representatives participated at the II Congress.
* The 3rd Congress of the New Azerbaijan Party was held on 26 March 2005 in Baku with participations of more than 1800 members.
* The 4th Congress of the New Azerbaijan Party was held on 2 August 2008, in the Heydar Aliyev sports and concert complex with the participation of more than 600 members in Baku. The Congress decided to nominate Ilham Aliyev as a candidate for the presidential elections to be held on 15 October 2008.
* The 5th Congress of the New Azerbaijan Party was held at the Buta Palace in Baku on 7 June 2013. The congress decided to nominate Ilham Aliyev as a candidate for the presidential elections to be held on 9 October 2013.
* The 6th Congress of the New Azerbaijan Party was held on 8 February 2018 at the
Heydar Aliyev Center 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 ...
. The congress decided to nominate Ilham Aliyev as a candidate for the presidential elections to be held on 11 April. Representatives of more than 700,000 members of the New Azerbaijan Party attended at the Congress.
Electoral history
At the
elections (5 November 2000 and 7 January 2001), the party won 62.3% of the popular vote and 75 out of 125 seats. Its candidate
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, ...
was reported by the government to have won 76,84% of the popular vote in the
2003 presidential elections. Ilham Aliyev also won presidential elections of 2008, 2013 and 2018. At the
2005 parliamentary elections, it won 62 out of 125 seats. At the
2010 parliamentary elections, it won 72 out of 125 seats. In the 1 November 2015 parliamentary election, the New Azerbaijan Party won 70 out of 125 seats, thus losing two seats in the National Assembly since the last election.
Presidential elections
National Assembly elections
References
Further reading
*
Ishiyama, John (2008): Political Party Development and Party 'Gravity' in Semi-Authoritarian States. The Cases of Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan. In: Taiwan Journal of Democracy 4/1: 33–53.
* Küpeli, Ismail (2010)
Stabilisierung autoritärer Herrschaft: Das Fallbeispiel Aserbaidschan Universität Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg 2010.
External links
Official website
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