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| logo = Alaskan Independence Party logo.jpg
| chairperson = John Wayne Howe
| founder = [[Joe Vogler]]
| foundation = {{Start date|1973}} (as Alaskans for Independence)<br>{{Start date and age|1984|06|14}}<ref name="AKIPhistory">{{cite web |url=http://www.akip.org/history.html|title=Alaskan Independence Party History|year=2006|work=Alaskan Independence Party|publisher=Web Alaska|access-date=November 29, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101106073845/http://www.akip.org/history.html| archive-date= 6 November 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref>
| ideology = [[Alaska]] [[nationalism]]<br />{{nowrap|[[Libertarian conservatism]]}} <br> [[Social conservatism]]
| position = [[Centre-right politics|Centre-right]] to [[Right-wing politics|right-wing]]
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| membership = {{gain}}18,882<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elections.alaska.gov/doc/info/statsPPA.php|title=Alaska Division of Elections|website=www.elections.alaska.gov}}</ref>
| international =
| colors = {{Color box|#000099|border=darkgray}} [[Blue]]<br>
{{Color box|#FFD700|border=darkgray}} [[Blue]] and [[Gold (color)|Gold]]
| seats1_title = [[Government of Alaska#Executive|Statewide Executive Offices]]
| seats1 = {{Composition bar|0|2|hex=}}
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The '''Alaskan Independence Party''' ('''AIP''') is an [[Alaska|Alaskan]] [[Nationalism|nationalist]] [[political party]] in the [[United States]] that advocates for an in-state [[referendum]] which would include the option of Alaska becoming an independent country. The party also advocates positions similar to those of the [[Constitution Party (United States)|Constitution Party]], [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] and [[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian Party]], supportingsupports [[Gun politics in the United States|gun rights]], [[United States anti-abortion movement|anti-abortiondirect policiesdemocracy]], [[privatization]], abolishing [[homeschoolingFederal lands|federal land]] ownership, and [[limited government]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.akip.org/issues.html#2|title=Alaskan Independence Party – Issues|work=Alaskan Independence Party}}</ref>
 
[[Wally Hickel]] was elected as the [[List of governors of Alaska|Governor of Alaska]] in [[1990 Alaska gubernatorial election|1990]] under the Independence Party, making it one of the few [[Third party (U.S. politics)|third parties]] to have controlled a governor's seat; however, Hickel transferred to the Republican Party before the [[1994 Alaska gubernatorial election|1994 election]].