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Azerbaijan Political Setting

In September 1988 Azerbaijan Republic had declared its national sovereignty, in October 1991 the formal independence was declared.

Power in Azerbaijan is focused on the President and his team, but there is a Cabinet of Ministers headed by a Prime Minister and a Parliament ("Milli Mejlis") which acts as legislative body.

Abulfez Elchibey was the first democratic elected non-communist President of Azerbaijan from 1992 to 1993.
Heydar Aliyev was elected in October 1993 and won in new presidential elections in October 1998.
On 12 December 2003, President Heydar Aliyev died in the Cleveland Clinic. His son Ilham Aliyev won the presidential election of 15 October 2003.

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