2025 in Azerbaijan

This is a list of individuals and events related to Azerbaijan in 2025.

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Decades:	2000s 2010s 2020s
See also:	Other events of 2025 Timeline of Azerbaijani history

Incumbents

Photo	Post	Name
	President of Azerbaijan	Ilham Aliyev
	Vice President of Azerbaijan	Mehriban Aliyeva
	Prime Minister of Azerbaijan	Ali Asadov
	Speaker of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan	Sahiba Gafarova

Events

January

• 18 January – The first case of mpox in Azerbaijan is discovered from a patient in Baku who had travelled abroad.^[1]
• 25 January – Two cars collide in Shamkir, killing five people.^[2]
• January 29–30 – The SPE Workshop on Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) Technologies is held in Baku^[3]

February

• February 6–7 – The IADC Drilling Caspian Conference & Exhibition is held in Baku^[4]
• 20 February – The government orders the suspension of operations of the BBC in Azerbaijan.^[5]
• February 22 – The Congress for People with Special Needs is held in Heydar Aliyev Centre in Baku^[6]
• 24 February – The government orders the closure of the offices of RT in Azerbaijan.^[7]

May

• 4 May – MP Azer Badamov is detained in Astrakhan, Russia amid reports that he had been barred entry by Moscow over allegations of Russophobia.^[8]

June

• 20 June – Seven journalists from Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and Abzas Media are sentenced to up to nine years' imprisonment on charges disputed as politically motivated by human rights groups.^[9]
• 29 June – The Ministry of Culture cancels all Russian-related cultural events nationwide in response to the deaths of two Azerbaijani nationals during a raid by Russian authorities in Yekaterinburg on 27 June.^[10]
• 30 June – Authorities raid the branch of the Russian state media outlet Sputnik in Baku on suspicion of illegal financing despite the revocation of its operating license in Azerbaijan.^[11]

July

• 1 July – Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan sign an agreement in Baku to establish the Green Corridor Union, a joint venture to promote regional green energy cooperation.^[12]
• 10 July – President Aliyev meets with Armenian prime minister Nikol Pashinyan in the United Arab Emirates as part of peace negotiations between their countries.^[13]
• 12 July – Colonel Arguj Kalantarli, head of the international relations department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, is elected as Secretary-General of the International Civil Defence Organization (ICDO).^[14]

August

• 2 August – Turkey opens a pipeline to facilitate the distribution of natural gas from Azerbaijan to Syria.^[15]

Holidays

Further information: Public holidays in Azerbaijan

Source:^[16][17]

• 1–2 January – New Year holidays
• 19–20 January – Martyrs' Day
• 8 March – International Women's Day
• 20–24 March – Novruz holidays
• 30 March –1 April – Ramazan Bayram Holiday
• 9 May – Victory and Peace Day
• 28 May – Independence Day
• 6–8 June – Qurban Bayramı
• 15 June – National Salvation Day
• 26 June – Armed Forces Day
• 8 November – Victory Day
• 9 November – State Flag Day
• 31 December – International Solidarity Day

Deaths

• 13 January – Shamsaddin Khanbabayev, 85, prime minister of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic (1993–2000).^[18]
• 19 July – Soltan Abbas, 92, poet.^[19]