President of Azerbaijan

The country of Azerbaijan is a republic, with the President of Azerbaijan as the head of state, and the Prime Minister of Azerbaijan as head of government. The Constitution of Azerbaijan makes the President the Commander-in-Chief of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces and the President of Azerbaijan has more powers than the Prime Minister of Azerbaijan and the National Assembly of Azerbaijan.

The President is directly elected by the people for a five-year term and can be re-elected without any limit. The President cannot be put on trial or put in prison during his term.

The President can call a national referendum for important issues for the country, such as changing the articles of the Constitution, because a referendum is necessary for changing the Constitution. The Constitution also allows the President to be a member of a political party.

The current President of Azerbaijan is Ilham Aliyev. This list includes all the presidents that have led the country since it became independent in 1991; the Soviet Union collapsed the same year.

Presidents of the Republic of Azerbaijan (1991-Present)

For leaders before independence, see List of leaders of Azerbaijan

#	Name	Term start	Term end	Political Party (at time of appointment)
1	Ayaz Mütallibov	30 August 1991	6 March 1992	Independent
—	Yaqub Mammadov (acting)	6 March 1992	14 May 1992	Independent
—	Ayaz Mütallibov	14 May 1992	18 May 1992	Independent
—	Isa Gambar (acting)	19 May 1992	16 June 1992	Azerbaijani Popular Front Party
2	Abulfaz Elchibey	16 June 1992	1 September 1993	Azerbaijani Popular Front Party
3	Heydar Aliyev	3 October 1993	31 October 2003	New Azerbaijan Party
4	Ilham Aliyev	31 October 2003	Incumbent	New Azerbaijan Party

Related pages

Prime Minister of Azerbaijan

Other websites

The President of Azerbaijan (in Azerbaijani, Russian, and English)