Conventional long form: Republic of Azerbaijan
Conventional short form: Azerbaijan
Local short form: none
Former: Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic
Local long form: Azarbaycan Respublikasi
Chief of state: President Heydar ALIYEV (since 18 June 1993)
Head of government: Prime Minister Artur RASIZADE (since 26 November 1996)
Cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the president and confirmed by the National Assembly
Elections: president elected by popular vote to a five-year term; election last held 11 October 1998 (next to be held NA October 2003); prime minister and first deputy prime ministers appointed by the president and confirmed by the National Assembly
Election results: Heydar ALIYEV reelected president; percent of vote - Heydar ALIYEV 77.6%, Etibar MAMEDOV 11.8%, Nizami SULEYMANOV 8.2%
Legislative branch: unicameral National Assembly or Milli Mejlis (125 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)
Elections: last held 4 November 2000 (next to be held NA November 2005)
Note: 100 members of the curent parliament were elected on the basis of single mandate constituencies, while 25 were elected based on proportional balloting; as a result of a 24 August 2002 national referendum on changes to the constitution, all 125 members of the next parliament will be elected from single mandate constituencies
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