This is a list of events that took place in the year 1991 in Azerbaijan.
Incumbents President: Ayaz Mutallibov (starting 5 February) Prime Minister: Hasan Hasanov (starting 7 February)
February DateEventsFebruary 5Renaming of the Azerbaijan SSR as the Republic of AzerbaijanApproval of the triangular flag of the People's Republic of Azerbaijan as the State Flag of the Republic of Azerbaijan
March DateEventsMarch 18Establishment of Khazar University.March 17Holding a referendum on the union's maintenance in the USSR.
June DateEventsJune 21Signing a decree on Award of the Hero of the Soviet Union, Major-General Hazi Aslanov with the Order of Lenin and the second Golden Star medal by the USSR President Mikhail Gorbachev
August DateEventsAugust 30Declaration on the Restoration of State Independence of Azerbaijan
September DateEventsSeptember 5The establishment of Ministry of Defense of the Republic of AzerbaijanSeptember 8Azerbaijani presidential electionDieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p357
October +DateEventsOctober 18Adoption of the Constitutional Act “On the State Independence of the Republic of Azerbaijan” Restoration of State Independence
December DateEventsDecember 29 Azerbaijani independence referendum
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