Communist Party of Azerbaijan (1993)

The Communist Party of Azerbaijan (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan Kommunist Partiyası, AKP; Азəрбаjҹан Коммунист Партиjасы, АКП) is a communist party in Azerbaijan. AKP was set up in 1993 by Ramiz Ahmadov (6 March 1939 – 10 September 2007) and registered by the Justice Ministry in 1994.

For other uses, see Communist Party of Azerbaijan (disambiguation).

Communist Party of Azerbaijan

Azərbaycan Kommunist Partiyası
Азəрбаjҹан Коммунист Партиjасы
AbbreviationAKP
ChairmanHaji Hajiyev
FounderRamiz Ahmadov
Founded1993 (1993)
HeadquartersBaku
NewspaperAzərbaycan Həqiqəti ("Azerbaijan Truth")
IdeologyCommunism
Marxism–Leninism
Political positionFar-left
Continental affiliationUPC–CPSU
Colors  Red
Website
www.azkp.org

Ideology

The AKP maintains close contacts with the Communist Party of the Russian Federation and wants reunification with Russia while still being patriotic. In one occasion Ahmadov stated: "we are Narimanovists, followers of the national, cultural and economic ideas of Nariman Narimanov."[1] Nariman Narimanov was a moderately nationalist and leftist Azeri leader of the 1920s, and is viewed in retrospect as a forerunner of "national communism."

The AKP often criticizes United States politics in the region. In 2004 after the US State Department told that US was not planning to impose sanctions on Nagorno Karabakh, Ahmadov said that the Americans underhandedly supported the Armenian interests and that Washington was not interested in the settlement of the conflict. He also added that the great powers are making use of the Karabakh conflict for their own interests.

The AKP was strongly against the Azeri participation into the Iraq War and it often expressed solidarity to Palestinian people, to Cuba and also to "socialist Moldova".

Leaders

On 10 September 2007, party chief Ramiz Ahmadov died after a long illness. His body was sent for burial in his native Quba. From 2000 to 2005 Ahmadov had been a member of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan.

Rauf Gurbanov was elected chairman of the party after a long dispute with Rustam Shahsuvarov. Gurbanov was replaced by Haji Hajiyev.

Results

The party claims that it has 60.000 members. The party publishes the newspaper Azərbaycan Həqiqəti.

In the parliamentary election of 5 November 2000 and 7 January 2001, the party won 6.3% of the popular vote and 2 out of 125 seats.

In the parliamentary elections of 6 November 2005 won no seats, but the chairman Ramiz Ahmadov was not running due to health problems.

In the municipal election of 17 December 2004, the party did very well and it elected 128 members to the local municipalities.

In the presidential election of 15 October 2008, the AKP supported the candidate from the Yeni Azerbaijan ruling party, current president of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev.[2][3]

The AKP is part of the Union of Communist Parties – Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

References
  1. "NCSJ – Home". 11 March 2007.
  2. "Azerbaijani Communist Party holds regional meetings in support of presidential candidate Ilham Aliyev at the elections". Day.az. 7 October 2008. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  3. "Azerbaijani communists to support Ilham Aliyev's candidacy at presidential elections". Day.az. 17 September 2008. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
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