Azerbaijan, Baku, 31 July/ Trend , corr E. Babayev/ The current head of state of Azerbaijan and chairman of New Azerbaijan Party (NAP) Ilham Aliyev will be nominated as a presidential candidate in the fourth conference of the ruling New Azerbaijan Party, the press service of the party said to Trend on 31 July.
The conference which will be attended by about 650 representatives of the party will be held on 2 August in the Sport and Concert Complex named after Heydar Aliyev.
The presidential elections in Azerbaijan will be held on 15 October.
Eldar Namazov, head of For Azerbaijan public forum, Igbal Agazade, chairman of Umid party, Hafiz Hajiyev, chairman of Modern Musavat party, Mais Gulaliyev, chairman of Green Party and Gudrat Hasanguliyev, chairman of Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan have been nominated for the presidential elections.
The pro-government Social Welfare and Ana Vatan parties will support the current president Ilham Aliyev. The Azadlig bloc, which unites three opposition parties -Popular Front party, Citizen and Development party and Liberal party, will boycott the presidential elections. The Majlis (Assembly) of the bloc will adopt a final decision with this regard.
NAP was established by the chairman of the Supreme Majlis of Nakhchivan Heydar Aliyev in 1992. The current President Ilham Aliyev is the chairman of the Party which has been ruling for already 15 years.
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