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The Azerbaijan Liberal Party () was a
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in
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. It was founded on 3 June 1995 by the former Secretary of State of Azerbaijan
Lala Shevket Lala Shevket (, sometimes transliterated as ''Lala Şövkat'' or ''Lala Shovkat''; Лала Шевкет in Russian transliteration); born 7 November 1951, Baku) is an Azerbaijani politician, the Leader of the National Unity Movement and former l ...
on the Constituent Conference held in the town of Barda in the unoccupied part of Qarabagh region of Azerbaijan. It was registered with the Azerbaijani Ministry of Justice on 15 August 1995. ALP declares its main purpose to be the construction of a legal state with socially orientated liberal economy, parliamentary democracy and with the clear division of powers between the branches of government, guaranteeing equality of everyone before the law. The supreme governing body of ALP is its Congress. The main everyday working organs are the Political Council, Executive Committee, and the Central Revision Committee. The founder (and leader) of the Liberal Party of Azerbaijan is the doctor of medicine and philosophy, professor
Lala Shevket Lala Shevket (, sometimes transliterated as ''Lala Şövkat'' or ''Lala Shovkat''; Лала Шевкет in Russian transliteration); born 7 November 1951, Baku) is an Azerbaijani politician, the Leader of the National Unity Movement and former l ...
. Shevket has been elected to the position of party chairman at the party’s Constituent Conference on 3 June 1995. In June 2003, she has resigned from her position prior to the Presidential elections, though the members of the Liberal Party still consider her their spiritual and moral leader, the position being confirmed by the ALP III Congress on 7 June 2003. At the 2000/2001
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(November 5, 2000 and January 7, 2001), the party won 1.3% of the
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and zero out of 125 seats, according to the official results of the Central Election Commission.


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Liberalism Liberalism is a Political philosophy, political and moral philosophy based on the Individual rights, rights of the individual, liberty, consent of the governed, political equality, the right to private property, and equality before the law. ...
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Contributions to liberal theory Individual contributors to classical liberalism and political liberalism are associated with philosophers of the Age of Enlightenment, Enlightenment. Liberalism as a specifically named ideology begins in the late 18th century as a movement toward ...
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Liberalism worldwide This article gives information on liberalism worldwide. It is an overview of parties that adhere to some form of liberalism and is therefore a list of liberal parties around the world. Introduction What constitutes a liberal party is highly deb ...
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List of liberal parties This article gives information on liberalism worldwide. It is an overview of parties that adhere to some form of liberalism and is therefore a list of liberal parties around the world. Introduction What constitutes a liberal party is highly deb ...
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Liberal democracy Liberal democracy, also called Western-style democracy, or substantive democracy, is a form of government that combines the organization of a democracy with ideas of liberalism, liberal political philosophy. Common elements within a liberal dem ...
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