Aliyev to run for president in 2024
Ilham Aliyev will be chosen as the candidate of the New Azerbaijan Party (YAP) in the 2024 snap presidential elections in Azerbaijan, local media reported on Tuesday, citing YAP deputy chairman Tahir Budagov.
He noted that a new charter of the party was approved at the YAP congress in 2021, according to which the authority to nominate a presidential candidate was transferred to the board.
"This issue will be considered at the board meeting," Budagov said.
On December 7, Ilham Aliyev signed a decree calling early presidential elections for February 7, 2024.
Aliyev has been in power since 2003 and his current, fourth, term was set to expire in early 2025.