| Zahid Oruj | |
| Office2: | Member of the National Assembly |
| Term Start2: | 5 March 2003 |
| Birth Date: | 1 February 1972 |
| Birth Place: | Alnabat, Azerbaijan |
| Party: | Motherland Party (1992–2013) Independent (2013–present)[1] |
| Native Name Lang: | az |
Zahid Maharram oglu Orujov (Azerbaijani: Zahid Məhərrəm oğlu Orucov, commonly known as Zahid Oruj; born 1 February 1972[2]) is an Azerbaijan politician and chairperson of the Azerbaijani Social Research Center (2019).[3] Oruj is pro-government.[4] He was a member of the pro-government Motherland Party from 1992 to 2013.
In the 2005 parliamentary elections, Oruj won the vote in the Barda electoral district while running as a candidate for the pro-government Motherland Party.[5] The European Court of Human Rights ruled in 2010 that the Aliyev regime in Azerbaijan had engaged in electoral fraud by preventing Nemat Aliyev, a member of the opposition Azerbaijan Popular Front Party, from running.
In 2018, Oruj ran for president against Ilham Aliyev and officially received 3.12% of the vote, although this election was characterized as fraudulent.[6] [7] During the election, Oruj asked his supporters to vote for Aliyev and praised his regime.[8]