Azerbaijan Liberal Party
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Liberalism
Liberalism is the belief in the importance of liberty and equal rights. Liberals espouse a wide array of views depending on their understanding of these principles, but generally, liberals support ideas such as constitutionalism, liberal democracy, free and fair elections, human rights,...
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A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...
in Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan , officially the Republic of Azerbaijan is the largest country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia to the west, and Iran to...
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It was founded on 3 June 1995 by the former Secreatry of State of Azerbaijan Prof. Dr. Lala Shevket
Lala Shevket
Professor Dr. Lala Shevket is an Azerbaijani politician, the Leader of the National Unity Movement and Azerbaijan Liberal Party, and one of the co-founders of the "Azadliq" Political Bloc, which is the largest opposition bloc in Azerbaijan, consisting of Azerbaijan Liberal Party, Azerbaijan...
on the Constituent Conference held in the town of Barda in the unoccupied part of Qarabagh region of Azerbaijan. It was registered with the Azerbaijani Ministry of Justice on 15 August 1995.
ALP declares its main purpose to be the construction of a legal state with socially orientated liberal economy, parliamentary democracy and with the clear division of powers between the branches of government, guaranteeing equality of everyone before the law.
The supreme governing body of ALP is its Congress. The main everyday working organs are the Political Council, Executive Committee, and the Central Revision Committee.
The founder of the Liberal Party of Azerbaijan and its leader is the doctor of medicine and philosophy, professor Lala Shevket
Lala Shevket
Professor Dr. Lala Shevket is an Azerbaijani politician, the Leader of the National Unity Movement and Azerbaijan Liberal Party, and one of the co-founders of the "Azadliq" Political Bloc, which is the largest opposition bloc in Azerbaijan, consisting of Azerbaijan Liberal Party, Azerbaijan...
, who has been elected to the position of party chairman at the party’s Constituent Conference on 3 June 1995. In June 2003 she has resigned from her position prior to the Presidential elections, though the members of the Liberal Party still consider her their spiritual and moral leader, the position being confirmed by the ALP III Congress on 7 June 2003.
At the last election
Elections in Azerbaijan
Elections in Azerbaijan gives information on election and election results in Azerbaijan.Azerbaijan elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. The president is elected for a five year term by the people; before a referendum changed this in 2009, the position was...
(November 5, 2000 and January 7, 2001), the party won 1.3 % of the popular vote and zero out of 125 seats, according to the official results of the Central Election Commission.
The incumbent Chairman of ALP is the former head of the ALP Executive Committee Avaz Temirkhan< who has been elected to this position on 12 September 2010 at the Party Congress.
The incumbent Chairman of the Executive Committee is Elman Mammadzade.
Executive committee
(elected 17 February 2007)1. Elman Mammadzade (b. 1959 in Sumqayit city, ALP member from 1996);
2. Solmaz Azizova (b. 1963 in Baku city, ALP member from 1995);
3. Sefa Quliyev (b. 1950 in Lenkoran region, ALP member from 1996);
4. Niyazi Abbasov (b. 1965 in Baku city, ALP member from 1997);
5. Mahir Yaqubov (b. 1958 in Quba region, ALP member from 1998);
6. Eldar Amrahov (b. 1951 in Ismayilli region, ALP member from 2001);
7. Elman Abbasov (b. 1969 in Qubadli region, ALP member from 2001);
8. Parviz Hajiyev (b. 1949 in Dmanisi region of Georgian Republic, ALP member from 2002);
9. Ilham Mammadov (b. 1978 in Yevlakh city, ALP member from 2002);
10. Yusif Abdullayev (b. 1965 in Baku city, ALP member from 2003).
11. Kamala Iskenderova (b. 1966 in Ganja city, ALP member from 2003);
12. Farrukh Jabiyev (b. 1957 in Ordubad region, ALP member from 2003).
Revision Commission
1. Ismayil Aliaskerli (chairman)2. Oqtay Azimov (deputy chairman)
3. Mustafa Badalov
4. Jannatgul Ramazanova
5. Khurshud Abbasova
6. Mammadali Hasanov
7. Imameddin Zakiyev
See also
- LiberalismLiberalismLiberalism is the belief in the importance of liberty and equal rights. Liberals espouse a wide array of views depending on their understanding of these principles, but generally, liberals support ideas such as constitutionalism, liberal democracy, free and fair elections, human rights,...
- Contributions to liberal theoryContributions to liberal theoryIndividual contributors to classical liberalism and political liberalism are associated with philosophers of the Enlightenment. Liberalism as a specifically named ideology begins in the late 18th century as a movement towards self-government and away from aristocracy...
- Liberalism worldwideLiberalism worldwideThis article gives information on liberalism in diverse countries around the world. It is an overview of parties that adhere more or less to the ideas of political liberalism and is therefore a list of liberal parties around the world....
- List of liberal parties
- Liberal democracyLiberal democracyLiberal democracy, also known as constitutional democracy, is a common form of representative democracy. According to the principles of liberal democracy, elections should be free and fair, and the political process should be competitive...