Azerbaijan, Baku, 31 July/ Trend , corr E. Babayev/ The oppositional Umid (Hope) Party of Azerbaijan has nominated its own candidate for the presidential elections. Igbal Agazade, chairman of Umid Party and MP has been nominated for the presidential elections in the special conference of the party on 31 July.
The presidential elections in Azerbaijan will be held on 15 October.
A total of 261 people attended the conference of Umid Party. The nomination of Igbal Agazade was put on vote and was approved unanimously.
Moreover, the members of the party to represent the party in the Central Election Commission have also been appointed. Fuad Gojayev, first deputy chairman of the party, Nasimi Mammadli, chairman of the Executive Administration and Anvar Agazade, deputy chairman on ideological issues have been appointed representatives of the party to CEC an d Rabil Jafarov, deputy chairman of the Supreme Majlis (Assembly) and Baybala Aliyev, member of the Supreme Majlis have been appointed representatives of the party on financial issues.
The oppositional Umid Party has been founded in 1993. The Civil Solidarity Party (CSP) joined it in 2002. The former chairman of CSP Igbal Agazade was elected chairman of Umid Party. Agazade is also MP of the Azerbaijani parliament.
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