PLENARY POWERS
Article 109. Power of President of Azerbaijan Republic.
The President of the Azerbaijan Republic:
1) shall appoint elections to the Milli Mejlis of the Azerbaijan Republic;
2) shall submit the State budget of the Azerbaijan Republic to the Milli Mejlis for ratification;
3) approves State economic and social programs;
4) on co-ordination with the Milli Mejlis of the Azerbaijan Republic shall appoint the Prime-Minister of the Azerbaijan Republic and shall remove from position the Prime-Minister of the Azerbaijan Republic; the Milli Mejlis of the Azerbaijan Republic shall perform duties of the President of the Azerbaijan Republic.
5) shall appoint to position and remove from position members of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Azerbaijan Republic; in required cases shall preside at the meetings of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Azerbaijan Republic;
6) shall take a decision on resignation of the Cabinet of Ministers;
7) shall set up central and local executive bodies for exercising executive pointer within the expenses planned by the State budget of the Azerbaijan Republic;
8) shall annul the Resolutions and Orders of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Azerbaijan Republic, the Cabinet of Ministers of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic, Acts of central and local executive bodies;
9) shall submit a proposal to the Milli Mejlis of the Azerbaijan Republic on the appointment and removing from the position of judges of the Constitutional Court. The Supreme Court of the Azerbaijan Republic and the Economic Court of the Azerbaijan Republic; on co-ordination with the Milli Mejlis of the Azerbaijan Republic shall appoint and remove General Prosecutor of the Azerbaijan Republic from holding position; appoint to the position of judges of other courts of Azerbaijan Republic;
10) recommends the Milli Majlis of the Republic of Azerbaijan on appointing or dismissing the members of the Board of Directors of the Central National Bank of the Republic of Azerbaijan; appoints the Chairman of the Central Bank of the Republic of Azerbaijan from the members of the Board of Directors of the Central Bank of the Republic of Azerbaijan.11) shall submit military doctrine of the Azerbaijan Republic to the Milli Mejlis for ratification;
12) shall appoint and remove from position higher commanders of the Armed Forces of the Azerbaijan Republic;
13) organizes the Administration Executive Apparatus of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan and appoints its Heads;
14) Shall recommend to the Milli Majlis of Azerbaijan Republic as regards the election of the Ombudsman of Azerbaijan Republic;
15) shall submit to the Milli Mejlis a proposal on establishing diplomatic representations of the Azerbaijan Republic in foreign countries and international organizations, appoint and recall diplomatic representatives of the Azerbaijan Republic in foreign States and international organizations;
16) shall accept credentials and letters of recall of the diplomatic representatives of foreign States;
17) signs interstate and intergovernmental international agreements; submits interstate international and intergovernmental agreements envisaging regulations other than those prescribed by the laws of the Republic of Azerbaijan, to the Milli Majlis of the Republic of Azerbaijan for approval or termination; signs the certificates;
18) shall appoint a referendum;
19) shall sign and issue laws;
20) shall settle the issues of citizenship;
21) shall decide issues on granting political asylum;
22) shall pass Acts on Granting Mercy;
23) shall grant State awards;
24) shall confer higher military and higher special ranks;
25) shall announce total or partial mobilization and demobilization;
26) shall take a decision on calling up citizens of the Azerbaijan Republic for urgent military service and transferring soldiers to the reserve;
27) shall found Security Council of the Azerbaijan Republic;
28) shall introduce representation to the Milli Mejlis of the Azerbaijan Republic on giving consent to enlist armed forces to the fulfillment of obligations not connected with their main destination;
29) shall declare emergency situation and martial law;
30) shall upon consent of the Milli Mejlis of the Azerbaijan Republic declare war and conclude peace;
31) shall set up special guard services;
32) shall in the executive order settle other issues not referred by the present Constitution to the power of the Milli Mejlis of the Azerbaijan Republic.