What is Azerbaijan’s form of government?

Azerbaijan is a unitary multiparty republic with a single legislative house known as the National Assembly.1

Under its constitutional framework, the country is led by a president who is elected by direct universal suffrage to a seven-year term. The legislature consists of members who are also directly elected to five-year terms. While the government is structured as a republic, international observers and historical analysis characterize the current administration under President Ilham Aliyev as an autocratic rule, noting that political participation has been restricted and presidential term limits were abolished via a 2009 constitutional amendment.23