Government (Azerbaijan)
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     Long-form name:
         Azerbaijani Republic; short-form name: Azerbaijan
     Type:
         republic
     Capital:
         Baku (Baky)
     Administrative divisions:
         1 autonomous republic (avtomnaya respublika), Nakhichevan' (administrative
         center at Nakhichevan'); note - all rayons except for the exclave of
         Nakhichevan' are under direct republic jurisdiction;1 autonomous oblast,
         Nagorno-Karabakh (officially abolished by Azerbaijani Supreme Soviet on 26
         November 1991) has declared itself Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
     Independence:
         28 May 1918; on 28 April 1920, Azerbaijan became the Soviet Socialist
         Republic of Azerbaijan; on 30 April 1992 it became the Azerbaijani Republic;
         independence declared 30 August 1991
     Constitution:
         adopted NA April 1978
     Legal system:
         based on civil law system
     National holiday:
         NA
     Executive branch:
         president, Council of Ministers
     Legislative branch:
         National Parliament (Milli Majlis) was formed on the basis of the National
         Council (Milli Shura)
     Judicial branch:
         Supreme Court
     Leaders:
       Chief of State:
         President-elect Ebulfez ELCIBEY (since 7 June 1992)
       Head of Government:
         Prime Minister Rahim GUSEYNOV (since 14 May 1992)
     Political parties and leaders:
         NA
     Suffrage:
         universal at age 18
     Elections:
       National Parliament:
         last held NA September 1990 (next expected to be held late 1992); results -
         seats - (360 total) Communists 280, Democratic Bloc 45 (grouping of
         opposition parties), other 15, vacant 20; note - these figures are
         approximate
       President:
         held 8 September 1991 (next to be held 7 June 1992); results - Ebulfez
         ELCIBEY (6,390 unofficial)
     Other political or pressure groups:
         Self-proclaimed Armenian Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
     Member of:
         CIS, CSCE, IMF, OIC, UN, UNCTAD
     Diplomatic representation:
         NA
       US:
         Ambassador (vacant); Robert MILES, Charge d'Affaires; Embassy at Hotel
         Intourist (telephone 8-011-7-8922-91-79-56) plus 8 hours; (mailing address
         is APO New York is 09862); telephone NA