New Azerbaijan Party
Yeni Azərbaycan Partiyası
AbbreviationYAP
PresidentIlham Aliyev
Vice PresidentMehriban Aliyeva
FounderHeydar Aliyev
Founded21 November 1992 (1992-11-21)
Registered18 December 1992 (1992-12-18)
HeadquartersSergey Senyuşkin küç. 26, Baku, Azerbaijan
Youth wingYeni Azərbaycan Partiyası Gənclər Birliyi
Women's wingQadınlar Şurası
MembershipIncrease 773,770 (2022 est.)[1]
Ideology
Political positionCentre-right to right-wing
Continental affiliationInternational Conference of Asian Political Parties
International affiliationCentrist Democrat International (observer)[4]
ColoursBlue, Yellow, White
National Assembly
69 / 125
Website
www.yap.org.az

The New Azerbaijan Party (Azerbaijani: 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 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 (ICAPP)[5] and an observer member of the Centrist Democrat International.[6]

The party's rule over the country has been described as authoritarian.[7]

Ideology

The party's stated ideologies are lawfulness, secularism, and Azerbaijani nationalism. It wants to build a "social-oriented" economy, and lists civil solidarity and social justice as the basis of its ideology.[8] The founder of the party, Heydar Aliyev, was a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union until July 1991.[9]

The New Azerbaijan Party's program highlights the main tasks which it states is aimed at strengthening the state independency, building the democratic, 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.[10]

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.[11]

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.[11]

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.[12]
  • 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 was elected as a deputy chairman of the party. Heydar Aliyev delivered a speech at the congress. 1952 representatives participated at the II Congress.[13]
  • The 3rd Congress of the New Azerbaijan Party was held on 26 March 2005 in Baku with participation of more than 1800 members.[14]
  • 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.[15]
  • 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.[16][17]
  • The 6th Congress of the New Azerbaijan Party was held on 8 February 2018 at the Heydar Aliyev Center in Baku. 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.[18]

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 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

Election Party candidate Votes % Result
1993 Heydar Aliyev 3,919,923 98.8% Elected Green tick
1998 2,556,059 77.6% Elected Green tick
2003 Ilham Aliyev 1,860,346 75.38% Elected Green tick
2008 3,232,259 87.34% Elected Green tick
2013 3,126,113 84.54% Elected Green tick
2018 3,394,898 86.02% Elected Green tick

National Assembly elections

Election Votes  % Seats +/– Position Government
1995–1996 2,228,435 62.7
53 / 125
 Increase 53 Increase 1st In Government
2000–2001 1,809,801 62.3
78 / 125
 Increase 25 Steady 1st Majority gov't
2005
63 / 125
 Decrease 15 Steady 1st Majority gov't
2010 1,104,528 45.8
71 / 125
 Increase 8 Steady 1st Majority gov't
2015
72 / 125
 Increase1 Steady 1st Majority gov't
2020
70 / 125
 Decrease 2 Steady 1st Majority gov't

Cooperation with parties of other states

References

  1. ↑ "Arxivlənmiş surət". Archived from the original on 19 December 2022. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 Hunter, Shireen (2017). The New Geopolitics of the South Caucasus. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 41–43.
  3. ↑ Guliyev, Farid; Pearce, Katy E. (6 October 2013). "The Challenges of Electoral Competition in an Oil Rich State: Azerbaijani Pre-Election Report". The Washington Post. Accessed 2 July 2014.
  4. ↑ "parties". IDC-CDI. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  5. ↑ "International Conference of Asian Political Parties".
  6. ↑ "Parties".
  7. ↑ "Azerbaijan's opposition sidelined by snap presidential election". European Forum for Democracy and Solidarity. 14 February 2018. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
  8. ↑ "The Program of the New Azerbaijan Party". New Azerbaijan Party. 3 August 2023.
  9. ↑ "Heydar Alirza oglu Aliyev". New Azerbaijan Party. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011.
  10. ↑ "History". www.yap.org.az.
  11. 1 2 "The Charter of the New Azerbaijan Party". New Azerbaijan Party. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  12. ↑ "I Congress". New Azerbaijan Party. 3 August 2023.
  13. ↑ "II Congress". New Azerbaijan Party. 3 August 2023.
  14. ↑ "III Congress". New Azerbaijan Party. 3 August 2023.
  15. ↑ "The Fourth Congress of the New Azerbaijan Party".
  16. ↑ "The Fifth Congress of the New Azerbaijan Party".
  17. ↑ "Official web-site of President of Azerbaijan Republic – NEWS » Speeches". en.president.az. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  18. ↑ "6th Congress of New Azerbaijan Party held in Baku VIDEO". Retrieved 30 April 2018.

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