Presentación sobre Azerbaijan

1. Azerbaijan
Javier Fernández
Miguel Crespo

2. • Azerbaijan was the first democratic country in the Islamic word.
• As a curiosity, in this country they had woman rights before than the
UK(1919), or the UE(1920), Azerbaijan(1918).
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3. Form of government:
• Azerbaijan gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.
This state is a unitary semi-presidential republic based on a political
system of separation of power among its three branches.

4. Executive:
• The president, elected for a five-year term, is the head of the
executive power.
• The current president is Ilham Aliyev.

5. Legislative power:
• Azerbaijan’s legislative branch consists of 125 members elected by
direct vote, a speaker, the Fist Deputy Speaker and two other deputy
speakers.
• Under the constitution, the national assembly is responsible for
making laws and approving some of the executive decisions such as
the appointment of cabinet members and approval of state budgets.

6. Judicial power:
• The judiciary is made up of courts, the highest being the Supreme
Court, a court of appeal, magistrate courts, district courts and the
constitutional court. The president nominates Supreme Court judges
who are then appointed by Parliament to serve for ten years.

7. Elections:
• Azerbaijan holds elections every five years. All persons above the age
of 18 are eligible to participate in the elections. Presidential and
parliamentary elections are held after five years each, but they occur
at different times. The last presidential elections were held in 2013.
• The first parliamentary elections were held in 1995 and after every
five years since then.
• The president can serve for an unlimited number of terms according
to the 2008 constitutional amendment that removed the presidential
term limit.

8. In conclusion:
• Azerbaijan is a Republic, democratic state in which the head of the
government is the president. The power is divided into the three
branches of executive, legislative and judicial power.
• It has a constitution divided into 5 chapters and 12 sections,
• Chapter 1:General Provisions.
• Chapter 2: Major Freedoms, Rights and Responsibilities.
• Chapter 3: State Power.
• Chapter 4: Local Self-Government.
• Chapter 5: Justice and Law.

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