Political system

State power

The government of the Republic of Azerbaijan is based on the principles of the separation of power. According to the traditional concept of the separation of power, the Constitution determines that the executive power is held by the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the legislative power is carried out by the Parliament of the Republic of Azerbaijan – Milli Majlis, and the judicial power is held by the independent courts.

The Milli Majlis of the Republic of Azerbaijan has 125 deputies.
The deputies of Milli Majlis are elected on the basis of a majority system and general, equal and direct elections by free, private and secret ballots.
Each convocation of the Milli Majlis is elected on the first Sunday of November every five years.
The terms of parliamentary deputies of the Milli Majlis are limited by the term of the convocation of the Milli Majlis.

Every citizen of the Azerbaijan Republic who has reached the age of 25 can be elected a Deputy of the Milli Mejlis in the order determined by the Law. Persons who have dual citizenship, are in State service in other countries, work in Executive or Judicial bodies, persons engaged in a different paid activity with the exception of scientific, creative and teaching work, ministers of religion, persons whose inactivity has been confirmed by the court, persons who serve their sentence in places of confinement by the court’s verdict cannot be elected as Deputies.

The head of the Republic of Azerbaijan is the President, who holds the executive power.
Every person older than 35 years, permanently residing in Azerbaijan for more than 10 years, having the election right and an university degree, who has never been tried for a major crime, who has no commitments towards other States, exclusively a citizen of the Azerbaijan Republic can be elected for President of the Azerbaijan Republic.

The President of the Republic of Azerbaijan is elected for a term of 5 years by general, equal and direct elections by free, private and secret ballots. The President of the Azerbaijan Republic is elected for the term of 5 years via universal, direct and equal elections by free, individual and secret ballots. The President of the Azerbaijan Republic is elected by the majority of two thirds of votes participating in the voting. No person can be elected President of the Azerbaijan Republic more than twice.

The President of the Republic of Azerbaijan is a Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

The President forms the President Administration and appoints the head of the President Administration for the purposes of establishment of the necessary conditions for the implementation of the Constitutional authorities.

The Administrative Department of the President is involved into logistical and financial support of the President and the President Administration.

The President of the Republic of Azerbaijan forms the Cabinet of Ministers for the purpose of organization the realization of the executive authorities. A Cabinet of Ministers is a superior body of the Executive power of the President, it submits to the President and is accountable to him.

Ministries of the Republic of Azerbaijan:

Ministry of Agriculture

Ministry of Finances

Ministry of Labor and Social Insurance

Ministry of Ecology and National Resources

Ministry of Youth, Sport and Tourism

Ministry of Economic Development

Ministry of Culture and Tourism

Ministry of National Security

Ministry of Transport

Ministry of Communication and Informational Technology

Ministry of Industry and Energy

Ministry of Education

Ministry of Taxes

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Ministry of Internal Affairs

Ministry of Public Health

Ministry of Justice

Ministry of Defense Industry

Other institutions: State Customs Committee, State Committee on affairs of Religious organizations, Central Bank, State Oil Fund, The State Commission on prisoners of war, hostages and missing persons, The State Statistical Committee, State Committee on affairs with Azerbaijanians living abroad / Azerbaijani Diaspora

Juridical power of the Republic of Azerbaijan is realized by the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Highest court of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Court of Appeal of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Economic Court of Azerbaijan.

Under the 7th clause of the Constitution, Executive and Juridical powers interact and are independent within the limits of their authorities.