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Heydar Aliyev
Sign in to saveAlso known as Heydar Alirza oghlu Aliyev, Heidar Aliev, Heydar Aliev, Heidar Aliyev, Heydar Ali-Rza oghlu Aliyev, Heydar Alirza oglu Aliyev
3rd President of the Republic of Azerbaijan (1923–2003)
Heydar Aliyev was the third president of Azerbaijan who led the country from 1993 until his death in 2003, a period that shaped modern Azerbaijan's political direction and international relations. He is a significant historical figure in Azerbaijan whose legacy continues to influence the nation's politics and governance today.
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Azerbaijan
- Place of birth
- Nakhchivan
- Place of death
- Cleveland
- Spouse
- Zarifa Alieva
- Child
- Sevil Alieva
- Occupation
- politician
- Educated at
- Baku State University
- Political party
- New Azerbaijan Party
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Native language
- Azerbaijani
- Religion
- Shia Islam
- Conflict
- First Nagorno-Karabakh War
- Military rank
- major general
- Official website
- heydar-aliyev-foundation.org
- Image
- Heydar Aliyev (crop).jpg
- Number of children
- 2
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- Commons category
- Heydar Aliyev
- date of birth
- 1923-05-10
- date of death
- 2003-12-12
- topic's main category
- Category:Heydar Aliyev
- place of burial
- Alley of Honor
- name in native language
- Heydər Əlirza oğlu Əliyev
- relative
- Aziz Aliyev
- allegiance
- Soviet Union
- candidacy in election
- 1993 Azerbaijani presidential election
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
- commander of (DEPRECATED)
- Azerbaijani Armed Forces
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- heart failure
- madhhab
- Ja'fari School
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Encyclopedic overview
Heydar Alirza oghlu Aliyev (10 May 1923 – 12 December 2003) was an Azerbaijani politician who was a Soviet party boss in the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic from 1969 to 1982, and the third president of Azerbaijan from 1993 to 2003.
He was a high-ranking official in the KGB of the Azerbaijan SSR, serving for 28 years in Soviet state security organs (1941–1969). He governed Soviet Azerbaijan from 1969 to 1982 as First Secretary of the Communist Party of Azerbaijan. He held the post of First Deputy Premier of the Soviet Union from 1982 to 1987. He rose through the ranks due to his close associations with Leonid Brezhnev and Yuri Andropov.
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