The Motherland Party ( az, Ana Vətən Partiyası, AVP) is an Azerbaijani political party established in 1990, and formally registered in 1992.

History

Early years

Fazail Agamali Fazail Rahim ogly Agamali ( az, Fəzail Rəhim oğlu Ağamalı, born 27 August 1947, in Sisian, Armenian SSR), is an Azerbaijani politician, historian and professor with a D.Sc. academic degree. He is the founder and leader of the Motherland P ...

took an active role in the independence movement in

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of th ...

between 1988 and 1990 and he was a prominent figure of the

Azerbaijan Popular Front The Azerbaijani Popular Front Party (APFP; az, Azərbaycan Xalq Cəbhəsi Partiyası, ) is a political party in Azerbaijan, founded in 1992 by Abulfaz Elchibey. After Elchibey's death in 2000, the party split into two wings, the ''reform'' wi ...

. However, a number of controversies arose between him and other movement leaders after the

Black January Black January ( az, Qara Yanvar), also known as Black Saturday or the January Massacre, was a violent crackdown on the civilian population of Baku on 19–20 January 1990, as part of a state of emergency during the dissolution of the Soviet Uni ...

incidents. The process concluded with the resignation of

from the Popular Front. After these developments, supporters of Agamali demanded the formation of a new political party. Hence, on 24 November 1990 founding congress of the Motherland Party took place and Fazail Agamali elected as the chairman of the party.

In the Cabinet

AVP first joined an oppositional bloc of parties which was formed for the presidential elections in 1991 and after the presidential election of 1992 the party supported and joined the Government under

Abulfaz Elchibey Abulfaz Elchibey ( az, Əbülfəz Elçibəy; 24 June 1938, in Nakhchivan – 22 August 2000, in Ankara) was an Azerbaijani political figure and a former Soviet dissident. His real name was Abulfaz Gadirgulu oghlu Aliyev (Azerbaijani: ''Əbülf� ...

. Following the victory in the presidential elections in 1993 of

Heydar Aliyev Heydar Alirza oghlu Aliyev ( az, Һејдәр Әлирза оғлу Әлијев, italic=no, Heydər Əlirza oğlu Əliyev, ; , ; 10 May 1923 – 12 December 2003) was a Soviet and Azerbaijani politician who served as the third president of Azer ...

, the AVP also joined his government. Its party leader

, was the Minister of Labour and Social Protection of the Population under both presidents.

In the Parliament

Motherland party actively takes part in the parliament elections, and the party took seats in the

National Assembly of Azerbaijan The National Assembly ( az, Milli Məclis), also transliterated as Milli Mejlis, is the legislative branch of government in Azerbaijan. The unicameral National Assembly has 125 deputies: previously 100 members were elected for five-year terms ...

in 1995, 2000,

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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 April ...

2020 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global social and economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, worldwide lockdowns and the largest economic recession since the Great Depression in t ...

Ideology

The party's goal is to create a "free, powerful, democratic and whole Azerbaijan". The fundamentals of the ideological framework of the party is based on the principle of

statism In political science, statism is the doctrine that the political authority of the state is legitimate to some degree. This may include economic and social policy, especially in regard to taxation and the means of production. While in use s ...

Members and organizational structure

The Motherland Party (AVP) has a 6-member Political Council and a 14-member Supreme Assembly. The Motherland Party also has a Youth Committee and a Women's Council, as well as

raion A raion (also spelt rayon) is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet states. The term is used for both a type of subnational entity and a division of a city. The word is from the French (meaning 'honeycomb, department'), and is c ...

branches in 55

s and 4 cities. The headquarters of the Motherland Party is located in the Narimanov district of Baku. The party has 62 regional organizations. In total, the party has 20.000 members.

Electoral results

References

External links

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