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    ETIBAR MAMEDOV - THE ETERNAL OPPOSITIONIST WITHOUT ANY CHANCE TO WIN

    Axis News
    Oct 3 2005

    Asim Oku, AIA Turkish and Caucasian section

    Etibar Mamedov was born on April, 2, 1955 in Baku. He graduated
    from Faculty of History, Baku State University. He participated in
    anti-Soviet activity being a member of unformal student's organizations
    of nationalistic trend. After getting the diploma Mamedov started to
    teach in the University, later he passes qualifying examination for
    the candidate degree.

    Political career

    In 1988 Mamedov was actively participating in creating of Popular Front
    of Azerbaijan (PFA) - first massive national-democratic movement of
    the republic. In 1989 he was elected to the PFA board, the headed
    by Abulfaz Elchibey. At the same time Mamedov becomes the defense
    adviser in the leadership of PFA . In January, 1990 the army units,
    the troops of the Ministry of Interior and KGB took over Baku . The
    Kremlin aspired to suppress by force the activity of PFA which was
    uncontrolled by it and struggled for preserving Upper Karabakh as
    a part of Azerbaijan and for resignation of official leadership
    of the republic that discredited itself. In this situation Mamedov
    decided to come to Moscow. There he was arrested and put in jail for 10
    months. After being released Mamedov comes back to Baku and was elected
    into the Higher Council of Azerbaijan and then to the Parliament
    from PFA. In 1991 after the disagreements with the leadership of
    Popular Front he abandoned it and in 1992 created his own party -
    Azerbaijan National Independence Party (ANIP or Azerbaijan Milli
    Istiglal Partiyasi). Mamedov's party was joined by the representatives
    of intellectuals, businessmen, famous public activists. The peak of
    popularity of this party was in 1992-93. At this period the number
    of its members reached several tens of thousands.

    Meanwhile in the spring of 1992 PFA comes to power in Azerbaijan. The
    leader of the movement

    Etibar Mamedov in 1996 Abulfaz Elchibey was elected the President
    of the republic. But in the summer of 1993 Russia oriented
    military-political forces revolted against the ruling regime. Despite
    the fact that Mamedov came into big politics thanks to PFA, he not only
    refused to help Elchibey, but also actively supported his opponent
    Heydar Aliyev. But as soon as Heydar Aliyev came into power Mamedov
    refused to be the member of the new cabinet and even refused to take
    the post of the Minister of Foreign Affairs. However, the events of
    1993 became one of the main reasons to accuse the leader of ANIP in
    cooperation with Aliyev's regime.

    The suspicions of such a cooperation were sounded more and more later,
    in 1995 when Mamedov, as against many opposition leaders became the
    Member of the Parliament. At the end of the 1990s ANIP splited. A
    part of its activists created their own party, which soon joined the
    ruling party Yeni Azerbaycan. Mamedov's influence on the political
    scene of the country became very limited. In 1998 the leader of ANIP
    proposed his candidacy at the presidential elections. By the official
    data, he received only 12% of the vote. At the end of 2000, as a
    result of elections (which were falsified by regime, as the leaders
    of opposition say) the representatives of ANIP, including Mamedov,
    didn't get into the Parliament. During the presidential elections in
    October 2003 Mamedov tried his luck again and came forth - after Ilham
    Aliev, Isa Gambar and Lala Shevket Hajiyeva. In December, 2004 Mamedov
    unexpectedly announced his resigning from the post of the leader of
    ANIP. But at the same time, on March, 26, 2005 he announced that
    "by the decision of the last session of the National Independence
    Party he is given the status of the leader of the party on March,
    13, and he has the rights to gather ANIP any time he wishes to".

    On April, 12, 2005, together with the group of other social and
    political activists Mamedov announced the creation of oppositional
    bloc New Politics (Yeni Siyaset - YeS). Presently he is one of the
    leaders of this political movement .

    Views and References.

    Etibar Mamedov - the representative of Gyandjinsk clan from the west
    part of the republic. The largest part of his electorate - refugees
    from Armenia and Upper Karabakh, the citizens of the regions,
    which suffered from Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict. The Conflict
    with Armenia: The electorate base of Mamedov announces about the
    sharp and even military position of ex-head of ANIP with regard to
    Upper Karabakh. He thinks of useless to make agreements with Yerevan
    and is on the side of only power decision of the conflict. Internal
    Politics: Mamedov announces his sights as right conservative. For
    the years of leadership he showed himself as out of compromised
    and ambitious politician. Because of the sharp critics of the power
    disregard of who is the president, Mamedov got the stamp of "forever
    oppositionist". ANIP was created as the political platform for
    Mamedov's activity in the beginning and is still known as "the party
    of one leader". As for Azerbaijani an politicos, the formal refusal
    from the post of the leader of ANIP was made by Mamedov to show more
    liberal image in it within the parliament's elections of 2005. Being
    one of the leaders of YeS, Mamedov disregarded the opportunity to
    combine with Azadliq block. Mamedov is voting against the poverty of
    the religious factor in the republic and calls for creation of "common
    front" for "Islam revolution" prediction. Political Potential: At
    the present time Mamedov's electorate quantity is not more then 15-20
    thousands of people. Financial opportunities of ANIP in consideration
    with 1990s are highly narrowed. The party's newspaper is published
    only before the election's campaign starting. Economics: Mamedov is
    the voter for radical economical reforms. He announces the support
    to small and middle business (in that case providing the country
    guaranties to the owners of private companies) and for creating optimal
    conditions for foreign investors. Mamedov announces not to limit of
    developing only oil sector and create multi-aimed economics. He is
    positioning himself as the deep struggler with corruption, which,
    by his words, "got the threatening for national interests of the
    country character". Mamedov promises to held social reforms in case
    of success in the elections. International Relations West: Mamedov
    is the supporter of joining with West. For a long period of time
    he made the main rate to the cooperation with EU, but for the last
    time he is trying to strengthen his positions in USA. In July 2005
    Mamedov took part in the commitment of International Democrat Union
    in Washington where he met with national secretary Kondoliza Rice and
    prime-minister of Australia Dhon Howard. Russia: In the relations with
    north neighbor of Azerbaijan, Mamedov has contradiction position. From
    the first side hi supports the economical cooperation with Russia
    and appeals for "returning to Russia's market". From the other side,
    he looks at Moscow as at the strategic partner of Yerevan and insists
    on limiting of its dealing role in Karabakh's conflict.

    Iran: Mamedov takes extremely sharp anti Iran position. He, in
    that case, accused Tegeran of support of radical Islam movement in
    Azerbaijan. In his speech in The Nixon Center, Washington, May 2001,
    Mamedov announced that Iran is afraid of "Azerbaijan turning into
    strong democratic country" as "They fear a strong and democratic
    Azerbaijan would became a magnet for ethnic Azeris in Iran".

    http://www.axisglobe.com/article.asp?article=409
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