confirmed by the Ministry of Justice of Azerbaijan in September 2006. Bahmanov died on September 13, 2008, while holding a meeting in his office. The office of the leader of Azerbaijani Community of Nagorno-Karabakh remained unoccupied until February 27, 2009, when Bayram Safarov was appointed the Head of Executive Power of Shusha, subsequently filling the office of leader of Azerbaijani Community of Nagorno-Karabakh. The name of the organization was changed to Azerbaijani Community of Nagorno-Karabakh Public Union on June 5, 2010. In 2018, diplomat Tural Ganjaliyev, a native of Shusha, replaced Safarov as the head of the community, who held the post until the organization was dissolved in 2021. Structure The union was a non-governmental organization, gaining no financial profit and based on volunteer membership. Its activities covered the whole territory of Azerbaijan. The union's main purpose was the restoration of the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan and the return of Azerbaijani IDPs from Karabakh to their homes. See also Cabinet of Azerbaijan Non-governmental organisations in Azerbaijan Political status of Nagorno-Karabakh External links Official site of the Azerbaijani Community of Nagorno-Karabakh References First Nagorno-Karabakh War Demographics of Azerbaijan Ethnic organizations based in Azerbaijan