Unity Party (Azerbaijan)

The Unity Party (Azerbaijani: Vəhdət Partiyası, VP) is a political party in Azerbaijan led by Tahir Kərimli. It supports a resolution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict that restores the pre-conflict territorial boundaries of Azerbaijan.[1]

Unity Party
Vəhdət Partiyası
AbbreviationVP
ChairmanTahir Kərimli
Vice ChairmanƏbdülvahab Manafov
Vasif Əfəndiyev
FounderTahir Kərimli
Founded1994 (1994)
Registered11 December 1998 (1998-12-11)
Split fromAzerbaijani Popular Front Party
HeadquartersB.Səfəroglu, 28, Baku
Membership1,000
IdeologyPolitical unionism[1] (Restoration of territorial integrity with fair resolution of Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict)
AnthemKoroghlu opera
National Assembly
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Website
Facebook page

History

The party was established in 1995.[2] In April 2000 a breakaway led to the formation of the Unity Party II, which later merged into the Azerbaijani Popular Front Party.[2] It supported Ilham Aliyev of the New Azerbaijan Party in the 2008 presidential elections.[3]

In the 2015 parliamentary elections the party won a single seat,[4] with Kərimli elected in the Ağsu-İsmayilli constituency.[5]

References

  1. Aslanov, Bakhtiyar; Samedzade, Sevinj (December 2017). "The Positions of Political Parties and Movements in Azerbaijan on the Resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict". Caucasus Edition: Journal of Conflict Transformation. Retrieved 17 September 2021. Article PDF
  2. Europa World Yearbook 2004, Taylor & Francis Group, p634
  3. Vahdat Party to Support Candidacy of Current President of Azerbaijan at Presidential Elections Trend, 19 September 2007
  4. Last elections IPU
  5. 87. Ağsu-İsmayilli MSK


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