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Azerbaijan
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of the Azerbaijan Republic
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Political Structure.
Governmental Administration.
Azerbaijan
is a democratic, legal, secular Republic. A universal referendum adopted
the Constitution of Azerbaijan on November 12, 1995. The Republic proclaimed
its independence on August 30, 1991. The system of government administration
of Azerbaijan is based on the principles of separation of powers: legislative,
executive and judicial.
The head of state is the President. The executive power is vested in the
President. The President is elected for a 5 year term by direct elections.
As the result of a general presidential elections held on October 3 1993,
Heydar Aliyev was elected the President of Azerbaijan Republic. Last time
the president Heydar Aliyev was elected on October 11, 1998.
The legislative power is vested in Milli Mejlis - a one chamber Parliament
that consists of 125 deputies elected on the basis of a majority and proportional
electoral system and general, equal, direct elections for 5 years term.
The latest elections to Milli Mejlis were held on November 5, 2000. Majority
votes were gained by the party "Yeni Azerbaijan" ("New Azerbaijan").
The supreme body of the executive power of the President is the Cabinet
of Ministers, headed by the Prime Minister. The judicial power is vested
in independent courts of Azerbaijan: Constitutional Court, Supreme Court
and High Economic Court. The official language of the Azerbaijan Republic
is the Azerbaijan language spoken by 95% of the population. The religion
of a large part of the population is Islam.
The Republic includes Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic with the town of
central submission - Nakhchivan, Julfa, Ordubad (regions of the same name),
and also Babek, Sadarak, Shakbuz and Sharur districts. Administratively
the republic is divided into 65 rural regions. There are 11 towns of the
Republican submission (Baku, Ganja, Sumgayit, Ali-Bayramly, Lankaran,
Mingechevir, Naftalan, Khankendi, Sheki, Guba, Shusha). The capital of
Azerbaijan is Baku. The city occupies the territory of 192 thousand hectares.
The population is about 2 million people.
The national currency is Manat.
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