Chairman of the Great Azerbaijan Party Elshad Musayev nominated as presidential candidate
Baku/17.12.23/Turan: Chairman of the Great Azerbaijan Party (GAP) Elshad Musayev has been nominated as a presidential candidate in the early presidential elections on February 7.
The decision on this was made by the Political Council of the party.
GAP was founded in 2003 and received state registration two years later.
In 2023, GAP re-registered in accordance with the requirements of the new law.
60-year-old Musaev already ran for president in the 2003 elections. However, the Central Election Commission did not register his candidacy.
Previously, the current head of state Ilham Aliyev, the head of the “Great Creation” party Fazil Mustafa and the head of the Center for Social Research Zahid Oruj were nominated as presidential candidates.—06B-
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