Azerbaijan is preparing to hold early presidential elections next Wednesday. The elections are considered the first of their kind to take place in the country after the re-integration of the Nagorno-Karabakh region.
The current term of the current Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev - which extends for 7 years - ends in April 2025, which is when the presidential elections were supposed to be held. The Central Elections Commission of the Republic registered the names of 7 candidates for the highest position in the state, and they are: The current president is from the ruling New Azerbaijan Party.