Unity Party (Azerbaijan)
Azerbaijani political party
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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]
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AbbreviationVP
ChairmanTahir Kərimli
Vice ChairmanƏbdülvahab Manafov
Vasif Əfəndiyev
Vasif Əfəndiyev
FounderTahir Kərimli
Unity Party Vəhdət Partiyası | |
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| Abbreviation | VP |
| Chairman | Tahir Kərimli |
| Vice Chairman | Əbdülvahab Manafov Vasif Əfəndiyev |
| Founder | Tahir Kərimli |
| Founded | 1994 |
| Registered | 11 December 1998 |
| Split from | Azerbaijani Popular Front Party |
| Headquarters | B.Səfəroglu, 28, Baku |
| Membership | 1,000 |
| Ideology | Political unionism[1] (Restoration of territorial integrity with fair resolution of Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict) |
| Anthem | Koroghlu opera |
| National Assembly | 1 / 125 |
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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]
