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	New Azerbaijan Party - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The New Azerbaijan Party (Yeni Azərbaycan Partiyası) is the ruling political party in Azerbaijan.
		At the last 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 was reported by the government to have won 80 % of the popular vote in the 15 october 2003 presidential elections, which faced criticism of vote-rigging from groups such as Human Rights Watch.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/New_Azerbaijan_Party (145 words)

	Politics of Azerbaijan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Azerbaijan declared its independence from the former Soviet Union on August 30, 1991, with Ayaz Mutalibov, former First Secretary of the Azerbaijani Communist Party, becoming the country's first President.
		The National Council conferred presidential powers upon its new Speaker, Heydar Aliyev, former First Secretary of the Azerbaijani Communist Party (1969-81) and later a member of the U.S.S.R. Politburo, the KGB, and USSR Deputy Prime Minister (until 1987).
		New Azerbaijan Party or NAP: Ilham Aliyev, chairman
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Politics_of_Azerbaijan (851 words)

	Alexander's Gas & Oil Connections - Ruling party wins elections in Azerbaijan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Aliyev's party, New Azerbaijan, had 74.8 % of the vote, according to preliminary results, with 26.8 % of the vote tallied, according to Central Election Committee member Gusein Pashayev.
		Candidates from 12 parties and one electoral bloc competed for 124 seats - 99 to be determined by individual races, and 25 to be distributed among parties on a proportional basis.
		New Azerbaijan party officials charged that opposition groups had made numerous election violations, including ignoring a ban on campaigning on the day before the vote.
	www.gasandoil.com /goc/news/ntc04809.htm (389 words)

	Azerbaijan, country, Asia. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Strategically situated at the gateway to SW Asia, Azerbaijan is bounded by Iran on the south, where the Aras (Araks) River divides it from Iranian Azerbaijan; by the Caspian Sea on the east; by Russia’s Dagestan Republic on the north; and by Armenia on the west.
		Azerbaijan occupies the western ranges of the Greater and Lesser Caucasus and the Kura River valley.
		Azerbaijan declared itself independent of the USSR in Aug., 1991, and became a member of the Commonwealth of Independent States.
	www.bartleby.com /65/az/Azerbaij.html (934 words)

	Polity IV Country Report 2003: Azerbaijan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		With his selection to the position of deputy chairman of the ruling New Azerbaijan Party in November 2001, Ilham Aliyev, the President's son, was placed in direct line to succeed his father.
		In order to guarantee the succession of Aliyev by his son, a controversial referendum was held in August 2002 that proposed to change the constitution to allow the prime minister, instead of the chairman of parliament, to be deputy head of state.
		Over 90% of parliament members are associated with Aliyev's New Azerbaijan Party and, in a system plagued by corruption and clan loyalty, owe their political allegiance to the Aliyev family (75% of MPs are "Aliyev's people" from his native Nakhichevan region – an enclave which is sandwiched between Armenia and Iran).
	www.cidcm.umd.edu /inscr/polity/Aze1.htm (916 words)

	Welcome to Azerbaijan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Azerbaijan today is a primary supplier of oil and related equipment to the states of the former Soviet Union.
		The Republic of Azerbaijan is a secular democracy, with the government based on the separation of powers among its three branches.
		With the Red Army occu pying its territory, Azerbaijan was forcibly incorpo rated into the Soviet Union with the signing of the Treaty of Formation of the USSR on December 30, 1922.
	www.brittany-net.com /azerbaijan.html (2126 words)

	Azerbaijan (10/04)
		Azerbaijan received de facto recognition by the Allies as an independent nation in January 1920, an independence terminated by the arrival of the Red Army in April.
		Azerbaijan's embassy in the United States is at 2741 34th Street NW, Washington, DC 20008; tel (202) 337-3500; fax (202) 337-5911; Consular tel (202) 337-5912; Consular fax (202) 337-5913; www.azembassy.com.
		Azerbaijan is a member of the United Nations, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), NATO's Partnership for Peace, the Euro-Atlantic Partnership, the World Health Organization, CFE Treaty member state, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Council of Europe, the Community of Democracies, the International Monetary Fund, and the World Bank.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/2909.htm (3081 words)

	Political Parties and Movements in Azerbaijan
		The party board or presidium, the liberals have a 90% majority, and in the general assembly their majority is 70%.
		The party was the first non-Communist party to be officially registered (June 1990), before the adoption of the "On Political Parties." The SDPA stands for the building of a civic society in an independent and democratic Azerbaijan.
		This small party was formed in 1991 by current chairman Mais Safarli to advocate on behalf of Azerbaijanis left by the breakup of the Soviet Union on the territories of separate, sovereign states.
	www.eurasianet.org /departments/election/azerbaijan/azparties.html (3419 words)

	Azerbaijan - Party Configuration after 1991 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Two small parties, the Independent Democratic Party (IDP) and the National Independence Party (NIP), were formed by former members of the APF in early 1992.
		Party membership is forbidden to government officials in agencies of the judiciary, law enforcement, security, border defense, customs, taxation, finance, and the state-run media.
		Parties are not allowed to accept foreign funding or to establish cells in government agencies.
	www.country-data.com /cgi-bin/query/r-986.html (283 words)

	Geidar Aliev Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		He re-invented himself as a moderate nationalist, resigning from the Communist Party in ostensible protest against the violent Soviet suppression of demonstrations in Baku in January 1990.
		Azerbaijan declared its independence from the Soviet Union on August 30, 1991, though it did not receive formal recognition of its new status until the USSR dissolved in December that year.
		He twice ran and won the presidency of Azerbaijan in national elections (held in the October of 1993 and the October of 1998), but international observers regarded neither election as free or fair.
	popularityguide.com /encyclopedia/Geidar_Aliev (1205 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The new coalition was formed in January by three parties, which are arguably some of the most powerful political movements in Azerbaijan: Musavat, the conservative wing of the Popular Front and the Democratic Party of Azerbaijan.
		At the rally, the opposition parties put forward a string of tough demands, ranging from the resignation of President Heidar Aliev and his team to a full amnesty for political prisoners and the lifting of a ban on rallies in Baku's largest public space, Freedom Square.
		The new turbulence in the Azerbaijani political landscape is occurring more than a year and a half before the next presidential elections, for which the New Azerbaijan party has already put forward the 78-year old President Aliev as its candidate for a third term.
	www.iwpr.net /archive/cau/cau_200203_122_2_eng.txt (738 words)

	Azerbaijan
		Azerbaijan is a republic with a presidential form of government.
		Several major opposition parties were disqualified from campaigning as a result of alleged falsifications in signature lists required for participation, only after international pressure were all major parties allowed to launch their campaigns.
		Under the new criminal code, the act of forcing an individual into prostitution carries a 10 to 15 year jail term, which is a harsher sentence than in the previous code.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2001/eur/8225.htm (10760 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Europe \| Azeri ruling party 'wins' polls
		With around 90% of votes counted, the New Azerbaijan Party had won 62 of the 125 seats in parliament, the electoral body said.
		Asked at a news briefing after the polls closed if the ruling New Azerbaijan Party had reached its pre-election target of retaining its 75 seats, Executive Secretary Ali Ahmedov said: "Our information is that, yes, at the very least we have achieved that target."
		The head of the Democratic Party, Rasul Guliyev, was detained in Ukraine last month as he attempted to return from self-imposed exile in the US.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/low/europe/4411172.stm (602 words)

	POLITICS-AZERBAIJAN: Son Takes the Presidential Path
		Azerbaijan borders Russia, Georgia, Armenia and Iran, and has a population of 7.8 million.
		Heidar Aliyev and his son are now both candidates of the governing New Azerbaijan Party in the presidential election due October 15.
		Mutalibov has been a champion of closer relations between Azerbaijan and Russia, but Moscow is believed to have dropped its support to him in order to preserve relations with Aliyev and his chosen successor, Ilham.
	www.ipsnews.net /africa/interna.asp?idnews=19513 (747 words)

	Karabakh.org \| Front Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		NEW AZERBAIJAN PARTY ADDRESSED INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS IN PROTEST MEETING New Azerbaijan Party held a protest meeting February 21 in Galaba (Victory) square in Baku together with NGOs and pro-authority political organizations.
		The meeting was opened by secretary of the Yeni Azerbaijan Party (YAP), MP Ali Ahmadov, who informed that tens of thousands representatives of the YAP, as well as a number of other parties, NOGs and public took part at the event.
		The most influential news agency — Associated Press distributed the news on world casting channels under the name ‘Tens of thousands of people in Azerbaijan held a meeting in connection with the inhuman attacks in the Karabakh war’.
	www.karabakh.org (1044 words)

	BBC News \| EUROPE \| Observers criticise Azeri vote
		The head of the OSCE's observer mission in Azerbaijan, Paula Kokkonen, told a news conference that 150 monitors had documented ballot-stuffing, intimidation of opposition party members, and the manipulation of turnout figures.
		The Azerbaijan election commission says results so far show that New Azerbaijan, the party of President Haydar Aliyev, is well ahead with more than 74% of the vote.
		The vote was Azerbaijan's second parliamentary election since the Caspian state became independent after the 1991 break-up of the Soviet Union.
	news.bbc.co.uk /hi/english/world/europe/newsid_1009000/1009492.stm (309 words)

	Azeri ruling party loses majority, but remains largest: exit poll
		Azerbaijan's ruling party lost its parliamentary majority in elections, but still retained the largest share of seats, a privately funded exit poll said.
		The Yeni (New) Azerbaijan Party, which is headed by President Ilham Aliyev, won 56 seats, down from 74, in the 125-seat assembly, according to the exit poll by Mitofsky International and Edison Media Research.
		The information contained in the AFP News report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without the prior written authority of Agence France Presse.
	www.turkishpress.com /news.asp?id=78127 (363 words)

	CBC News: Azerbaijan ruling party claims victory after poll (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Partial results on Monday suggest Azerbaijan's ruling party has won the parliamentary election — but opposition leaders have already vowed to challenge the results, alleging widespread vote fraud.
		The country's Central Election Commission said Monday morning that, with votes in from 47 per cent of the precincts, the ruling Yeni Azerbaijan (New Azerbaijan) party held the lead with 63 seats in the 125-seat parliament.
		Azerbaijan, which lies by the Caspian Sea between Russia and Iran, has never had an untainted democratic election.
	www.cbc.ca /story/world/national/2005/11/06/azerbaijan051105.html (454 words)

	ALIYEV’S SON ILHAM ON ROAD TO AZERBAIJAN’S PRESIDENCY
		Azerbaijan's Parliament on Monday named ailing President Heydar Aliev's son as Prime Minister in replacement of Artur Rasizadeh, a move that could pave the way for the flamboyant, 41 years-old Ilham Aliyev to the country's top job.
		Besides being vice chairman of Azerbaijan’s State Oil Company, the younger Aliyev is also the president of Azerbaijan’s Olympic Committee and deputy General Secretary of the country’s ruling New Azerbaijan Party.
		On Sunday, thousands of opposition party supporters rallied in Baku to demand free and fair presidential elections, as rumours swirled that the President was dead.
	www.iran-press-service.com /articles_2003/Aug-2003/azerbaijan_succession_4803.htm (1128 words)

	::.Angus Reid Consultants.::
		Former Communist Party leader Ayaz Mutallibov became president, while Haidar Aliyev—who had coordinated the operations of the KGB in the region—took over as leader in the exclave of Nakhichevan.
		In 1995, Aliyev’s New Azerbaijan Party (YAP) won a majority of the seats in the country’s first-ever multi-party legislative ballot.
		Officially, the ruling YAP party won 63 of the 125 parliamentary seats at stakes, while candidates of the main opposition bloc were elected in five.
	www.angus-reid.com /tracker/index.cfm/fuseaction/viewItem/itemID/8187 (1688 words)

	New Azerbaijan Party -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The New Azerbaijan Party (Yeni Azərbaycan Partiyası) is the ruling (An organization to gain political power) political party in (A landlocked republic in southwestern Asia; formerly an Asian soviet) Azerbaijan.
		It was formed by (Click link for more info and facts about Heydar Aliyev) Heydar Aliyev who led it until his retirement and death in 2003.
		At the last (A vote to select the winner of a position or political office) elections (5 november 2000 and 7 january 2001), the party won 62.3 % of the popular vote and 75 out of 125 seats.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/n/ne/new_azerbaijan_party.htm (158 words)

	Azerbaijan - Definition of Azerbaijan - Azerbaijan in Encyclopedia - DictionaryWords.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Azerbaijan has lost almost 20% of its territory and must support some 750,000 refugees and internally displaced persons as a result of the conflict.
		Corruption is ubiquitous and the promise of widespread wealth from Azerbaijan's undeveloped petroleum resources remains largely unfulfilled.
		Azerbaijan shares all the formidable problems of the former Soviet republics in making the transition from a command to a market economy, but its considerable energy resources brighten its long-term prospects.
	www.dictionarywords.net /find/word/Azerbaijan (276 words)

	People's Daily Online -- Ruling party winning Azerbaijan's parliament vote (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Azerbaijan's ruling New Azerbaijan Party is poised to win Sunday's parliamentary elections as preliminary results showed it has won 58 seats in the 125-seat parliament, the Central Election Commission chief said on Monday.
		Azerbaijan, saddled between Iran and the restive Russian Caucasus region, is a predominantly Muslim state of about 8 million people.
		Guliyev, a former parliamentary speaker who has been living in the United States for the past decade to avoid embezzlement charges, was briefly arrested in late October in Ukraine on a fueling stop when he chartered a plane to return to Baku for the parliament vote and then headed for London.
	english.peopledaily.com.cn /200511/07/eng20051107_219558.html (493 words)

	Elections in Azerbaijan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Azerbaijan (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan) is a country in the Kaukasus.
		Nagorno Karabakh seceded from Azerbaijan but is internationally not recognized as an independent state and is legally part of Azerbaijan.
		Freedom House rated the country on political rights with a 6 and on civil rights with a 5, both on a scale of 1 to 7 (in which 1 is the most free).
	www.electionworld.org /azerbaijan.htm (258 words)

	Azerbaijan's Ruling Party Claims Lead in Vote (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Their judgment on the ballot's fairness, which is expected to be announced Monday afternoon, could have a significant impact on the opposition's next steps as well as how the results are received by foreign governments.
		Ruling party officials and the head of the Central Elections Commission said allegations of widespread fraud had no foundation.
		Mamishov's modest hopes reveal the deep cynicism here about the level of corruption in the country; throughout the campaign, both the ruling party and the opposition have stressed their commitment to using the coming bonanza wisely.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/06/AR2005110601037_pf.html (833 words)

	RADIO FREE EUROPE/ RADIO LIBERTY
		Ilham Aliev, the son of ailing Azerbaijani President Heidar Aliev, was today confirmed as the country's new prime minister in a move designed to ensure he succeeds his father as the country's leader.
		Heidar Aliyev became KGB chief and Communist Party boss of the Caspian republic under Soviet rule in the 1960s.
		But she says there are politicians within the New Azerbaijan Party who may themselves harbor presidential ambitions -- ambitions they are afraid to declare while Heidar Aliyev is alive, but which may surface afterward.
	www.rferl.org /features/2003/08/04082003152529.asp (947 words)

	EurasiaNet Eurasia Insight - International Community and Opposition Say Parliamentary Vote Marked By Massive Fraud
		The election indicates that Azerbaijan’s governing elite is willing to risk international censure in order to ensure a political transition in which President Heidar Aliev can hand off power to his son.
		According to preliminary results, the New Azerbaijan party dominated the election, garnering just over 70 percent of the vote in proportional polling, the Turan news agency reports.
		The leading opposition party, Musavat, issued a statement on November 6 that asserted only about 35 percent of registered voters actually participated in the election, not the 70 percent claimed by election officials.
	www.eurasianet.org /departments/insight/articles/eav110600.shtml (720 words)

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