Constitution Day of Azerbaijan
Constitution Day of Azerbaijan is held on November 12. This event in the second decade of the month November is annual. Help us
The first Constitution of Azerbaijan was adopted on May 19, 1921, at the First All-Azerbaijan Congress of Soviets. Amendments and additions were made to the Constitution on March 14, 1925, at the 4th All-Azerbaijan Congress of Soviets in connection with the establishment of the USSR. The Constitution of the Republic of Azerbaijan adopted in 1995 was the first Constitution of independent Azerbaijan.
After Azerbaijan got its independence appeared necessary to work out a new Constitution. A commission headed by Heydar Aliyev was established with this purpose. The project of the Constitution was presented to the referendum. The first Constitution of independent Azerbaijan was adopted with the referendum on the 12th of November, 1995.
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